Snmp Agent Settings; Read-Only And Read/Write Access Control - Moxa Technologies NPort 6000 Series User Manual

NPort 6000 Series

SNMP Agent Settings

SNMP: To enable the SNMP Agent function, select the Enable option, and enter a community name (e.g.,
public).
Read community string (default=public): This is a text password mechanism that is used to weakly
authenticate queries to agents of managed network devices.
Write community string (default=private): This is a text password mechanism that is used to weakly
authenticate changes to agents of managed network devices.
Contact name: The optional SNMP contact information usually includes an emergency contact name and
telephone or pager number.
Location: Use this optional field to specify the location string for SNMP agents such as the NPort 6000. This
string is usually set to the street address where the NPort 6000 is physically located.
SNMP agent version: The NPort 6000 supports SNMP V1, V2, and V3.

Read-only and Read/write access control

The following fields allow you to define user names, passwords, and authentication parameters for two levels
of access: read-only and read/write. The name of the field will indicate which level of access it refers to. For
example, Read only authentication mode allows you to configure the authentication mode for read-only
access, whereas Read/write authentication mode allows you to configure the authentication mode for
read/write access. For each level of access, you may configure the following:
User name: Use this optional field to identify the user name for the specified level of access.
Authentication mode (default=Disable): Use this field to select MD5 or SHA as the method of password
encryption for the specified level of access, or to disable authentication
Privacy mode (default=Disable): Use this field to enable to disable DES_CBC data encryption for the specified
level of access.
Password: Use this field to set the password for the specified level of access.
Privacy: Use this field to define the encryption key for the specified level of access
System Management Settings
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