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Access Control
Access to system information through SNMP is controlled by community
strings. A community string is a character string included in each SNMP
protocol message sent between your LANplex system and external
management applications like Transcend Enterprise Manager.
A community string identifies a particular group of SNMP managers with
certain access rights. The SNMP agent in the LANplex system allows the
configuration of two community strings: one that provides access to read
system information but not to change system parameters and one that
provides access to read system information and to configure system
parameters. To set up the LANplex system to work with an SNMP manager,
you must configure the LANplex system's SNMP community strings to
match those used by the SNMP manager.
For information on how to configure community strings, see the LANplex®
2500 Administration Console User Guide.
SMT
Station Management (SMT) for FDDI is a standard that specifies a set of
services and signalling mechanisms dedicated to FDDI LAN management. It
is responsible for managing the services of an FDDI station that are specific
to the MAC, PHY, and PMD layers of the OSI Reference Model. The goal of
SMT is to define shared medium management services to guarantee the
interoperability of FDDI network equipment from multiple vendors.
The LANplex system's implementation of SMT supports the full SMT MIB as
defined by ANSI X3T9.5, including the many optional attributes. This MIB is
accessible remotely by using SMT frames or SNMP frames.
You can set some SMT FDDI MIB parameters through the Administration
Console. See the LANplex® 2500 Administration Console User Guide.
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