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User Manual Managed Switches 
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Max. 30 
characters 
Specifies the community string to authenticate the 
SNMP agent for read-only access. The SNMP agent 
will access all objects with read-only permissions using 
this community string. 
Public 
V1, V2c Write/Read Community 
Setting 
Description 
Factory 
Default 
Max. 30 
characters 
Specifies the community string to authenticate the 
SNMP agent for read/write access. The SNMP server 
will access all objects with read/write permissions 
using this community string. 
Private 
For SNMP V3, there are two levels of privileges for different accounts to access the Weidmüller 
switch. Admin privilege allows access and authorization to read and write the MIB file. User privilege 
allows reading the MIB file only. 
Admin Auth. Type (for SNMP V1, V2c, V3 and V3 only) 
Setting 
Description 
Factory 
Default 
No-Auth 
Allows the admin account to access objects without 
authentication. 
No 
MD5-Auth 
Authentication will be based on the HMAC-MD5 
algorithms. 8-character passwords are the minimum 
requirement for authentication. 
No 
SHA-Auth 
Authentication will be based on the HMAC-SHA 
algorithms. 8-character passwords are the minimum 
requirement for authentication. 
No 
Admin Data Encryption Key (for SNMP V1, V2c, V3, and V3 only) 
Setting 
Description 
Factory 
Default 
Enable 
Enables data encryption using the specified data 
encryption key (between 8 and 30 characters). 
No 
Disable 
Specifies that data will not be encrypted. 
No 
User Auth. Type (for SNMP V1, V2c, V3 and V3 only) 
Setting 
Description 
Factory 
Default 
No-Auth 
Allows the admin account and user account to 
access objects without authentication. 
No 
MD5-Auth 
Authentication will be based on the HMAC-MD5 
algorithms. 8-character passwords are the minimum 
requirement for authentication. 
No 










