Setting Community Access Strings; Specifying Trap Managers And Trap Types - Nortel BES50GE-12T PWR User Manual

Setting community access strings

Use this procedure to configure community strings and related trap functions
for clients by using SNMP version 1 and v2c. List all community strings used
for IP trap managers in this table, to a maximum of five.
For security reasons, Nortel recommends that you remove the default
community strings.
Procedure steps
Step
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SNMP Configuration page items
Item
SNMP Community Capability
Current
Community String
Access Mode

Specifying trap managers and trap types

Use the SNMP Configuration page to specify trap managers.
The switch issues traps indicating status changes to specified trap
managers. You must specify trap managers so the switch reports key events
to your management station by using network management platforms such
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Action
From the main menu, choose Configuration > SNMP > SNMP
Configuration.
In the SNMP Community table, type a community string and select
an access mode.
Click Add to save your configuration settings.
Description
The maximum number of community strings that the BES50
supports. (Maximum number supported: 5)
List of currently configured community strings.
Type the name of the community string. The name acts like a
password and permits access to the SNMP protocol. (Default
strings: PlsChgMe!RO [read-only access], PlsChgMe!RW
[read/write access]. Range: 1 to 32 characters, case-sensitive.)
Specify the access rights for the community string:
• Read-Only—Authorized management stations can only
retrieve Management Information Base (MIB) objects.
• Read/Write—Authorized management stations can retrieve
and modify MIB objects.
SMB
Using the Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 50 Series
NN47924-301 01.01 Standard
1.00 October 2006
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