Dell PowerConnect 5212 System User's Manual page 69

SNMP
The SNMP page contains links to the following pages:
Communities
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Traps
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IP Filtering
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Communities
On the Communities page, you can create different communities and customize access. The public string has read-only privileges by default.
The following options are available:
SNMP Community Capability — Indicates that the switch supports up to five community strings.
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Community List — Displays a list of the community strings currently configured. Default strings are public (read-only access) and private (read/write
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access).
Community String — Allows you to name a new community. Community strings are case sensitive.
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Access Mode — Sets the access rights for the new community that you are creating. Access rights are either read-only or read/write.
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To add an SNMP community, type the new name in the Community String box, select the access rights from the Access Mode drop-down menu, and then click
Add Community String. To delete a community, click the entry in the Community List, and then click Remove Community String.
CLI Commands
The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI command for items in the SNMP/Communities page.
Command Usage
snmp-server community string Defines the community access string for the Simple Network Management Protocol. Read-only access is specified by ro, and
[ro|rw] read-write access is specified by rw.
Example
Console(config)#snmp-server community private rw