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Internet, and it is widely applied for accessing and managing the managed devices. SNMP has the
following features:
● It supports intelligent management for network device. By using the network management
platform based on SNMP, the network administrator can query the running status and the
parameters of the network device, and can configure the parameter, find the error, perform fault
diagnosis, and then plan the capacity and create the report.
● SNMP supports to manage the devices of different physical features. SNMP provides only the
most basic function library. It makes the management task and the physical feature and the
networking technology of the managed device independent, to manage the devices from
different manufacturers.
SNMP network provides two elements, NMS and Agent.
● NMS (Network Management System) is the manager in SNMP network, and it provides friendly
human-machine interface to help the network administrator to finish most of the network
management work.
● Agent is the managed role in SNMP network, and it receives and handles the request packet from
NMS. In some emergency circumstances, for example, if the port status changes, Agent can send
alarm packet to NMS proactively.
4.6.1 Configuring SNMP V1 and V2
Select Network Settings > SNMP.
Step 1
Step 2
Select SNMP version.
● Select SNMP V1, and the switch can only process information on SNMP V1.
● Select SNMP V2, and the switch can only process information on SNMP V2.
When the server needs to access the switch, it needs to set the corresponding username,
password and authentication type to complete the security verification, and the V1 and V2
versions are not available.
Step 3
Configure parameters, including Read Community, Write Community, Trap Address,
and Trap Port.
Step 4
Click OK.
Parameter
Read community
Write community
Trap address
Trap port
Send keep-alive packet
Table 4-4 Description of SNMP parameters
Description
The community to access the network administrator. The
permission is read. The default setup is public.
The community to access the network administrator. The
permission is write. The default setup is private.
Specifies the server IP address.
Set trap destination port.
Click the checkbox to enable this function.
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