Snmp Communities; Menu: Viewing And Configuring Snmp Communities; To View, Edit, Or Add Snmp Communities - HP ProCurve series 2500 Management And Configuration Manual

Configuring for Network Management Applications

SNMP Communities

SNMP Communities

SNMP Community Features
Feature
show community name
configure identity information
configure community names
Use SNMP communities to restrict access to the switch by SNMP management
stations by adding, editing, or deleting SNMP communities. You can configure
up to five SNMP communities, each with either an operator-level or a manager-
level view, and either restricted or unrestricted write access.
Using SNMP requires that the switch have an IP address and subnet mask
compatible with your network.
C a u t i o n
Deleting or changing the community named "public" prevents network man-
agement applications (such as auto-discovery, traffic monitoring, SNMP trap
generation, and threshold setting) from operating in the switch. (Changing or
deleting the "public" name also generates an Event Log message.) If security
for network management is a concern, it is recommended that you change the
write access for the "public" community to "Restricted".

Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNMP Communities

To View, Edit, or Add SNMP Communities:

1.
8-6
MIB view for a community name
(operator, manager)
write access for default
community name
From the Main Menu, Select:
2. Switch Configuration...
6. SNMP Community Names
Default Menu CLI
n/a page 8-6 page 8-8 —
none — page 8-9
public page 8-6 page 8-9
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