Specifications

4.10 SNMP
SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)isa
protocolusedforexchangingmanagement
informationbetweennetworkdevices.SNMPisa
memberoftheTCP/IPprotocolsuite.PMI
ManageedSwitchsupportSNMPv1andv2cand
V3.
AnSNMPmanagednetworkconsistsoftwomain
components:agentsandamanager.Anagentisa
managementsoftwaremodulethatresidesina
managedswitch.Anagenttranslatesthelocal
managementinformationfromthemanaged
deviceintoaSNMPcompatibleformat.The
manageristheconsolethroughthenetwork.
Followingcommandsareincludedinthisgroup:
4.10.1SNMPConfiguration
4.10.2SNMPv3Profile
4.10.3SNMPTraps
4.10.4SNMPCLICommandsforSNMP
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4.10.1 SNMPConfiguration
ThispageallowsuserstoconfigureSNMPV1/V2cCommunity.Thecommunity
stringcanbeviewedasthepasswordbecauseSNMPV1/V2cdoesn’trequestyou
toenterpasswordbeforeyoutrytoaccessSNMPagent.
Thecommunityincludes2privileges,ReadOnlyandReadandWrite.
WithReadOnlyprivilege,youonlyhavetheabilitytoreadthevaluesofMIB
tables.DefaultcommunitystringisPublic.
WithReadandWriteprivilege,youhavetheabilitytoreadandsetthevaluesof
MIBtables.DefaultcommunitystringisPrivate.
PMIManagedSwitchallowsuserstoassign4communitystrings.Typethe
communitystringandselecttheprivilege.ThenpressApply.
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Note:Whenyoufirstinstallthedeviceinyournetwork,wehighlyrecommendyou
tochangethecommunitystring.SincemostSNMPmanagementapplicationuses
PublicandPrivateastheirdefaultcommunityname,thismightbetheleakageof
thenetworksecurity.
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