Access Control; Management Information Base - StorageTek L180 Installation Manual

Management Information Base

Note: Refer to the SNMP software documentation for additional information.

Access Control

Because community strings provide a weak form of access control in SNMPv1,
StorageTek's embedded agent will not rely on the so called "private"
community string in order to accept changes to the library's configuration.
Access control and authorization for
administrative password. Consequently StorageTek's embedded agent uses only
one community string for both
Important:
You must first
(1.3.6.1.4.1.1211.1.12.3.2) to the same value as the library password (see
Chapter 5, "Configuring the Subsystem"
subsequent
grace period.
Traps however, can be sent to recipients using alternate community strings.
Different community strings can be specified while adding entries to the Trap
Recipient List (see
Management Information Base
The MIB is a viewable document that contains descriptions about the
characteristics for a managed device. These characteristics are the functional
elements for that device which can be monitored using SNMP software. To
access and view the contents of the MIB using a Web browser, enter the IP
Address or DNS library name and Lseries.mib. For example: http://IP.Address/
Lseries.mib or http://library_name/Lseries.mib.
Note: StorageTek's L-series libraries implement only MIB extensions defined in
D-4
the MIB variable
Set
operations are authorized for a specific period of time called the
Set
"Configuration" on page
the LSERIES-TAPE-LIBRARY-MIB under the
in Figure D-2 on page
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operations is preformed by using an
Set
Get and Set operations.
lserLibConfigPassword
for more information). Then
D-5)
private (4)
D-5.
section as shown
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