System Settings; Snmp Configuration - HP 501 Configuration And Administration Manual

System settings

Under System settings, you can define basic properties of the HP 501 as an SNMP
managed device.
System name
Enter a name to identify the HP 501 as an SNMP managed device (63 alphanumeric
characters maximum). The default SNMP name is the product serial number.
System location
Enter a description of the physical location of the device (255 alphanumeric characters
maximum).
System contact
Specify an email address for a contact person for the HP 501 (255 alphanumeric characters
maximum).

SNMP configuration

You can configure the following settings in this section. Unless specifically noted, these
configuration parameters apply to SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c only.
SNMP
Select a button to enable or disable the SNMP agent. By default, the SNMP agent is enabled.
If you disable the agent, the HP 501 will not respond to SNMP requests.
Read-only community name
The community name acts as a simple authentication mechanism to restrict the devices on the
network that can request data from the device. The name functions as a password, and the
request is assumed to be authentic if the sender knows the password.
The valid range is 1 to 256 characters. The community name can be in any alphanumeric
format. The default is public.
Port number
By default, the HP 501 listens to requests from port 161 only. You can configure to another
value in the range of 1025 to 65535.
SNMP set requests
When SNMP set requests is enabled, SNMP manager devices on the network can make
changes to the HP 501 configuration by issuing "set" requests for MIB objects. When disabled,
SNMP manager devices can only retrieve configuration information by issuing "get" requests
for MIB objects. This is enabled by default.
Read-write community name
If you have enabled SNMP set requests, you can set a read-write community name.
Setting a community name is similar to setting a password. Only requests from devices that
identify themselves with this community name will be accepted.
The valid range is 1 to 256 characters. The community name can be in any alphanumeric
format. The default is private.
14 Managing the HP 501