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AppendixA Web Console
SNMP Management
Entering Community Strings
Community strings serve as passwords for SNMP messages. You can enter them with either of the
following characteristics:
• Read Only—Enables requests accompanied by the string to display MIB-object information
• Read and Write—Enables requests accompanied by the string to display MIB-object information
and to set MIB objects
To supply a community string, proceed as follows:
Step 1 Enter a character string in the String field.
Step 2 Click Read Only or Read and Write.
Step 3 Click Add.
To remove community strings, select a string from the Current Strings list and click Remove.
Adding Trap Managers
A trap manager is a management station that receives and processes traps.
Follow these steps to add a trap manager:
Step 1 Enter the IP address or name of the station in the IP Address field.
Step 2 Enter a character string in the Community field. This string can be any length.
Step 3 Select the class of traps that the trap manager is to receive. Select a check box to enable one or all of the
following:
• Trap on config—Generate traps on all changes to the switch configuration.
• Trap on SNMP—Generate the supported SNMP traps.
• Trap on TTY—Generate the serial-port-related TTY traps.
Step 4 Click Add.
To remove trap managers, follow these steps:
Step 1 Select a manager from the Current Managers list and click Remove.
Step 2 Click Apply to save the current information to your running configuration.
Step 3 Click Save As to save the current information to your configuration file, Flash memory, disk, or TFTP
server.