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Users Manual of MGSD-10080F
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3.5 SNMP-based Network Management
You can use an external SNMP-based application to configure and manage the Managed Metro Switch, such as SNMP
Network Manager, HP Openview Network Node Management (NNM) or Whats Up Gold. This management method requires
the SNMP agent on the Managed Metro Switch and the SNMP Network Management Station to use the same community
string. This management method, in fact, uses two community strings: the get community string and the set community
string.
If the SNMP Network Management Station only knows the set community string, it can read and write to the MIBs. However, if it
only knows the get community string, it can only read MIBs. The default gets and sets community strings for the Managed
Metro Switch are public.
Figure 3-4: SNMP Management
3.6 PLANET Smart Discovery Utility
To easily list the Managed Metro Switch in your Ethernet environment, the Planet Smart Discovery Utility from users manual
CD-ROM is an ideal solution. The following install instructions guide you to running the Planet Smart Discovery Utility.
1. Open the Planet Smart Discovery Utility in administrator PC.
2. Run this utility and the following screen appears.
Figure 3-5: PLANET Smart Discovery Utility Screen