Setting Up Snmp Management V1 Or V2; Prerequisites - 3Com 4500G Getting Started Manual

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Setting Up SNMP
Management V1 or
V2

Prerequisites

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4 At the login and password prompts, enter
press Return at the password prompt (or the password of your choice if you
have already modified the default passwords).
5 Click on the Device View button to display the web management
options.
Any network management application running the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) can manage a switch if:
The correct Management Information Bases (MIBs) are installed on the
■
management workstation.
The management workstation is connected to the switch using a port in
■
VLAN 1 (the Default VLAN). By default, all ports on the switch are in
VLAN 1.
You can use the 3Com Network Director application that is available from
the 3Com website to provide SNMP management for your switch. If you
use 3Com Network Director it automatically loads the correct MIBs and
necessary files onto your workstation.
Documentation supplied with the SNMP network management application
software.
The default read community string is public. The default write community
string is private.
In order to display the current configuration of the community strings in the
System View, enter display snmp-agent community.
In order to configure new read community strings, enter snmp
community read (new community string up to 32 characters).
In order to configure new write community strings, enter snmp
community write (new community string up to 32 characters).
In order to remove a community string, enter undo snmp-agent
community (the string to be removed).
as your user name and
admin