Extreme Networks Summit Summit1 Installation And User Manual page 38

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CCESSING HE WITCH
¥ Authorized managers Ñ An authorized manager can be one or more network
management stations on your network. The Summit can have a maximum of six
authorized managers.
¥ Community strings Ñ The community strings allow a simple method of
authentication between the Switch and the remote Network Manager. There are two
community strings on the Summit. The read community string provides read-only
access to the switch. The default read community string is public. The write
community string provides read and write access to the Switch. The default write
community string is private. The community string for all authorized trap receivers
must be conÞgured on the Switch for the trap receiver to receive Switch-generated
traps.
¥ System contact (optional) Ñ The system contact is a text Þeld that enables you to
enter the name of the person(s) responsible for managing the Switch.
¥ System name Ñ The system name is the name that you have assigned to this
Switch. The default name is Summit1 or Summit2.
¥ System location (optional) Ñ Using the system location Þeld, you can enter an
optional location for this Switch.
Table 3-3 describes SNMP conÞguration commands.
Table 3-3: SNMP Configuration Commands
Command
config vlan <name> ipaddress <ip_address>
{<mask>}
config iproute add default <ip_address> {<mask>}
{<metric>}
enable snmp access
enable snmp trap
config snmp add <ipaddress>
config snmp add trapreceiver <ipaddress>
{community <string>}
config snmp community [read | readwrite] <string>
3-12
Description
Configures an IP address for the VLAN.
This is required in order to use an SNMP
manager.
Configures the default gateway for the
switch. A default gateway must be on a
configured IP interface.
Turns on SNMP support for the Switch.
Turns on SNMP trap support.
Adds the IP address of an SNMP
management station to the access list. Up
to six addresses can be specified.
Adds the IP address of a specified trap
receiver. A maximum of six trap receivers
is allowed.
Configures the SNMP read and write
community strings. The community string
can have a maximum of 127 characters.
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