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Provisioning a Device SNMP Community
AlliedView NMS Administration Guide (Controlling and Provisioning Network Devices)
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5.3.7 SNMP Community
An SNMP community helps to define the relationship between the AlliedView NMS and the Management Information Base
(MIB) of the device, in essence defining the operations that can be performed on various objects in the device. For each device
there may be multiple communities, with each community providing a set of operations.
Caution:
In SNMP, a community name acts as a password; if the community includes write operations, it is
possible for other applications to use the community name and change the values for a switch
configuration.
When the SNMP Agent application is chosen and the Collect Data icon is clicked, the following figure appears.
FIGURE 5-34 SNMP Community Panel
At this point a new community can be created, or the devices can be selected and the community settings can be modified,
removed, or copied. The Create, Modify, and Copy buttons perform these functions. The following figures shows the Create,
Modify, and Copy SNMP Community forms, which are displayed when these buttons are clicked.
Caution: Creating, modifying, and deleting SNMP Communities for devices managed by the AlliedView
NMS must be done via the AlliedView NMS and not the device CLI. Making changes using the
device CLI will cause a data mismatch between the device and the AlliedView NMS database. If
you must make changes using the device CLI, you must also make the changes in the AlliedView
NMS.