User manual

Publication date: Feb., 2013

Revision A3

2-6.2 Configuration

There are two communities by default. It is applicable to configure the Get Community and

the Set Community for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2.

Web Interface

To configure SNMP Communities in the web interface:

1. Click SNMP, Configuration.

2. Specify the parameters of Get Community and Set Community.

3. Scroll to enable or disable the function of Set Community.

4. Click Apply.

5. If you want to modify or clear the setting then click Reset.

Figure2- 6.2: SNMP Configuration

Parameter description:

z Get Community

Indicates the community read access string to permit access to SNMP agent. The allowed

string length is 0 to 255, and the allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33 to 126.

The field is applicable only when SNMP version is SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c. If SNMP version

is SNMPv3, the community string will be associated with SNMPv3 communities table. It

provides more flexibility to configure security name than a SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c

community string. In addition to community string, a particular range of source addresses

can be used to restrict source subnet.

z Set Community

Indicates the community write access string to permit access to SNMP agent. The allowed

string length is 0 to 255, and the allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33 to 126.

The field is applicable only when SNMP version is SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c.

z Mode:

Indicates the Set Community mode operation. Possible modes are:

Enabled: Enable Set Community.

Disabled: Disable Set Community.