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8. Select one of the options described above, then press
<Enter>.
9. If you selected Specified Community May Write, enter a
name in the Control Community field, then press <Enter>.
Enter the name of the community that is allowed to read and
write management information. SNMP management stations
that belong to this community can read or modify any value in
the network management database.
10. Select Trap State, then press <Enter>.
The following options allow you to indicate how the SNMP
agent handles SNMP trap operations coming from outside this
node.
Leave as Default Avoids changing the Control Community from its default, which is usually not
Setting to allow any write requests. The default can be changed manually through
SNMP command-line options.
No Community May Disables all set operations no matter what community name is provided in
Write the incoming read request.
Specified Community Allows only set operations that contain the name specified in the Control
May Write Community field.
Table 15-3:
Trap State Options
Option Description
Do Not Send Traps Disables all SNMP traps no matter what community name is provided in the
incoming trap request.
Leave as Default Setting Avoids changing the Trap Community from its default (which is usually
public). The default can still be changed manually through SNMP command-
line options.
Send Traps With Enter the community name to include in trap messages in the Trap Commu-
Specified Community nity field.
Important
Configuration of the list of SNMP Managers is described in the next
section, "Configuring SNMP Manager Tables."
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