Limiting Snmp Access Through Ip Addresses - Paradyne 9161 User Manual

Limiting SNMP Access Through IP Addresses

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5. Press Ctrl-a to switch to the screen function key area.
6. To save changes, select Save and press Enter.
7. Select the configuration area where you want to save the changes to and
press Enter.
Save Configuration To
Customer Configuration 1/Customer Configuration 2]
When Save is complete, Command Complete appears at the bottom of the
screen.
Refer to Setting Up for SNMP Management
information about SNMP configuration options.
The access unit provides an additional level of security by:
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Limiting the IP addresses of the NMSs that can access the unit.
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Performing validation checks on the IP address of SNMP management
systems attempting to access the unit.
H
Specifying the access allowed for the authorized NMS when IP address
validation is performed.
The SNMP NMS Security Options screen provides the configuration options that
determine whether security checking is performed on the IP address of SNMP
management systems attempting to communicate with the unit.
Make sure that the SNMP Management configuration option is set to Enable.
Menu selection sequence:
Main Menu Configuration
Management and Communication
SNMP Management
Procedure
To limit SNMP access through IP addresses:
1. Follow this menu selection sequence:
Main Menu Configuration
2. Select the desired configuration area and press Enter.
Load Configuration From
Customer Configuration 1/Customer Configuration 2]
3. Follow this menu selection sequence, pressing Enter after each selection:
Configuration Edit/Display
SNMP NMS Security
The SNMP NMS Security Options screen appears.
[Current Configuration/
in Chapter 5, Setting Up , for more
Desired configuration area
General SNMP Management
Enable
[Current Configuration/
Management and Communication
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Security
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