User guide

Chapter 4 Installation and Startup
System Configuration
SCE 1000 2xGBE Release 2.0.10 User Guide
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• Community strings (where an SNMP community string is a text string that acts like a
password to permit access to the SNMP agent on the SCE 1000).
To configure SNMP parameters:
Step 1 Enter the SNMP configuration menu.
Would you like to enter the SNMP configuration menu? [no]: y
Type y and press Enter.
The SNMP configuration dialog begins.
Step 2 Enable SNMP management.
Type y and press Enter.
Enable SNMP management? [no]: y
If you choose to disable SNMP management, skip the rest of this section and go to Step
9: Configuring the Topology-Dependent Parameters (on page 4-41). The rest of the
dialog is not presented, as it is irrelevant when SNMP management is disabled.
Step 3 Type the SNMP GET community name and press Enter.
The SNMP agent that resides inside the SCE 1000 will respond only to GET requests
that use this community string.
Enter SNMP GET community name:
Note that there is no default for this parameter.
Step 4 Assign an access list to restrict the SNMP management stations that may use this GET
community.
Type a number (1 through 99) or type “0” to permit access to all IP addresses, and press
Enter.
Enter Access list number allowing access with this community string, use ‘0’
to allow all:
Step 5 The maximum number of GET communities is 20.
• To add more entries, type y and press Enter
• Would you like to add another SNMP GET community? [no]:y
Enter up to 20 SNMP GET communities as described in step 3 and step 4.
• When all entries have been added, press Enter
Would you like to add another SNMP GET community? [no]:
Step 6 Type the SNMP SET community name and press Enter.
The SNMP agent that resides inside the SCE 1000 will respond only to SET requests that
use this community string.
Enter SNMP SET community name:
Note that there is no default for this parameter.
Step 7 Assign an access list to restrict the SNMP management stations that may use this SET
community.
Type a number (1 through 99) or type “0” to permit access to all IP addresses, and press
Enter.