HP Jetdirect 640n Administrator's Manual page 94

Table 4-12
Item
Enable SNMPv1/v2 read-
write access
Enable SNMPv1/v2 read-
only access
Disable SNMPv1/v2
Enable SNMPv3
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SNMP tab settings
Description
Select the check box to enable the SNMP v1/v2c agents on the print server. Configure
custom community names to control management access to the print server.
Set Community Name is a password to send (or write) SNMP information on the
HP Jetdirect print server.
Confirm Set Community Name reenter to confirm the password entered for Set
Community Name
Get Community Name is a password to retrieve (or read) SNMP information on the
HP Jetdirect print server.
Confirm Get Community Name reenter to confirm the password entered for Get
Community Name
An incoming SNMP SetRequest or GetRequest command must contain the appropriate Set
or Get community name for the print server to respond.
Enter up to 255 alphanumeric characters for the community names.
Select the check box Disable SNMPv1/v2 default Get Community Name of "public" to
disable the default get community name public.
NOTE: If public is disabled, some port monitors or discovery utilities might not operate
properly.
Enable the SNMP v1/v2c agents on the print server, but limit access to read-only. Write-
access is disabled. The default Get community name public is automatically enabled.
Disable the SNMP v1/v2c agents on the print server. This is recommended for secure
environments.
NOTE: If you disable SNMP v1/v2c, some port monitors or discovery utilities might not
operate correctly.
(Full-featured HP Jetdirect print servers only) Enable the SNMP v3 agent on the print server.
You must create an SNMP v3 account on the print server, and implement the account
information on the SNMP v3 management application. To create the account, provide the
following information:
User Name SNMP v3 account user name.
Authentication Passphrase A 16 byte (MD5) hexadecimal value used to validate
credentials.
Privacy Passphrase A 16 byte hexadecimal value used to encrypt the data portion of the
packet using the data encryption standard (DES) algorithm.
Context Name Context in which this user can access SNMP objects. This is always
Jetdirect.
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