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Network OS Command Reference 1223

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snmp-server community

Sets or removes the community string and read-write or read-only access for each community.

Synopsis snmp-server community string [ro | rw]

no snmp-server community string [ro | rw]

Operands string Specifies the community string.

ro | rw Sets the read-only or read-write access for each community.

Defaults If no access is specified, read-only (ro) is the default.

Command Modes Global configuration mode

Description Use this command to manage the configuration of the SNMP agent in the switch.

The configuration includes SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c configuration settings.

Usage Guidelines You can specify one of the six default community strings when the system first comes up. The

maximum number of SNMP communities supported is 256, which includes the following six

default communities.

The following community strings are read-write:

• Secret C0de

• OrigEquipMfr

• private

The following community strings are read-only:

• public

• common

• ConvergedNetwork

Examples To remove the community string “public”:

switch(config)# no snmp-server community public

To add user123 with read-only access to the user’s list for v1 and v2c:

switch(config)# snmp-server community user123 ro

To change the access of a read-only community string (user123) to read-write:

switch(config)# snmp-server community user123 rw

See Also show running-config snmp-server, snmp-server contact, host, snmp-server location,

snmp-server user, snmp-server v3host