Establishing Community Names - Cabletron Systems 2E43-51 User Manual

Chapter 5: Local Management
The following explains each SNMP Community Names screen field:
Community Name (Modifiable)
Displays the user-defined name through which a user accesses the
2E43-51 SNMP Management. Any community name assigned here acts
as a password to Local/Remote Management.
Access Policy (Read-Only)
Indicates the access accorded each community name. The available
access levels are as follows:
read-only
read-write
super-user
5.8.1

Establishing Community Names

The password used to access Local Management at the Password Screen
must have super-user access to view and edit the SNMP Community
Names screen. Using a password with read-only or read-write access does
not allow the user to view or edit the SNMP Community Names screen.
Any community name assigned in the SNMP Community
NOTE
Names screen is a password to its corresponding level of
access to Local Management. The community name assigned
super-user access is the only one that gives the user complete
access to Local Management.
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This community name gives the user read-only
access to the 2E43-51 MIB objects, and
excludes access to security-protected fields of
read-write or super-user authorization.
This community name gives the user read-write
access to the 2E43-51 MIB objects, excluding
security protected fields for Super-User access
only.
This community name gives the user read-write
access to the 2E43-51 MIB objects and allows
the user to change all modifiable parameters
including community names, IP addresses,
traps, and SNMP objects.
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