H Controlling Snmp Access; Assigning Snmp Community Names And Access Types; Limiting Snmp Access Through The Ip Addresses Of The Managers - Paradyne HotWire 7974 User Manual

Controlling SNMP Access

Assigning SNMP Community Names and Access Types

Limiting SNMP Access through the IP Addresses of the Managers

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There are three methods for limiting SNMP access:
H
Disable the SNMP management option. Refer to Table A-9,
Management Options.
H
Assign SNMP community names and access types.
H
Limit SNMP access through validation of the IP address of each allowed
SNMP manager.
The unit can be managed by an SNMP manager supporting SNMP. The
community name must be supplied by an external SNMP manager accessing an
object in the MIB.
To define SNMP community names, follow this menu selection sequence:
Main Menu Configuration
SNMP General SNMP Management
Refer to Table A-9, General SNMP Management
H
Enable SNMP Management.
H
Assign the SNMP community names of the SNMP Managers that are allowed
to access the unit's Management Information Base (MIB).
H
Specify Read or Read/Write access for each SNMP community name.
The unit provides an additional level of security through validation of the IP
addresses.
The SNMP Management option must be enabled. To control SNMP access with
IP addresses, follow this menu selection sequence:
Main Menu Configuration
Refer to Table A-10, SNMP NMS Security
limited by:
H
Enabling NMS IP address checking.
H
Add each IP address and access level.
NOTE:
Do not change or delete the IP address or access level of the NMS
performing the sets or enable IP address checking prior to adding the NMS to
the table.
The SNMP NMS Security Options screen is not available if the unit is
connected to a DSLAM card running in IP Conservative mode.
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Load Configuration From
Options, to:
Management Security Menu
Options. The SNMP access can be
Security
General SNMP
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