Quantum DXi4700 User Manual page 286

Chapter 9: Configuration
Notifications
Adding a Community
Add an SNMP community to include the DXi4700 in a group of devices that are monitored by a common
management station.
Note: If no communities are defined, the SNMP agent is not accessible.
To add a community:
1. Click Add.
The Add SNMP Community page displays (see
Figure 179: Add SNMP Community Page
2. In the Name box, enter a unique Name for the community (up to 20 characters).
Valid characters are letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores.
3. Enter a valid IP Address and Network Mask pair.
A pair is valid if performing a logical bitwise AND operation on the IP address and the network mask
results in the IP address. See the table below for examples:
IP Address / Network Mask
10.40.166.87
255.255.255.255
10.40.166.87
10.40.166.87
10.40.166.87
10.40.166.0
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Figure 179 below).
Result
Allows access only from 10.40.166.87
Allows access only from 10.40.166.87
Invalid because the logical bitwise operation (address AND mask) is
not equal to the address
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