Specifications

Configuring SNMP
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• Community String – A community string that acts like a password and permits
access to the SNMP protocol.
Default strings: “public” (read-only access), “private” (read/write access)
Range: 1-32 characters, case sensitive
• Access Mode
• Read-Only – Specifies read-only access. Authorized management stations are
only able to retrieve MIB objects.
• Read/Write – Specifies read-write access. Authorized management stations are
able to both retrieve and modify MIB objects.
Web – Click SNMP, SNMP Configuration. Add new community strings as required,
select the access rights from the Access Mode drop-down list, then click Add.
Figure 2-15 Configuring Management Interface Browser Access Rights
CLI – The following example adds the string “spiderman” with read/write access.
Specifying Trap Managers
Traps indicating status changes are issued by the switch to specified trap managers.
You must specify trap managers so that key events are reported by this switch to
your management station (using network management platforms such as HP
OpenView). You can specify up to five management stations that will receive
authentication failure messages and other trap messages from the switch.
Command Attributes
• Trap Manager Capability – Indicates that the switch supports up to five trap
managers.
• Current – Displays a list of the trap managers currently configured.
• Trap Manager IP Address – IP address of a new management station to receive
trap messages.
• Trap Manager Community String – Specifies a valid community string for the
new trap manager entry. Though you can set this string in the Trap Managers table,
Console(config)#snmp-server community spiderman rw 3-93
Console(config)#