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Configuring SNMP communities

You can create up to four SNMP community strings¹ for the SNMP management host, and specify the strings as having read-only or read-write privileges.

• read-only--allows read-only access to the switch's SNMP agent. The default read-only community string is public.
• read-write--allows read and write access to the switch's SNMP agent. The default read-write community string is private.
  
  

  Note: Only administrator-level users can configure community strings. A maximum of 4 community strings can be specified.

  
  

To configure SNMP community strings:

1. From the Device Manager menu bar, choose Edit > Security.

The Security dialog box opens with the SNMP Community tab displayed.

2. Click Insert

The Security, Insert SNMP Community dialog box opens.

3. In the Security, Insert SNMP Community dialog box, enter a community string name (up to 32 alphanumeric characters).
4. In the CommunityLevel field, select the appropriate read/write privilege.
5. Click Insert.

The new community string appears in the Security dialog box--SNMP Community tab.

• Configuring management station IP addresses
• Configuring and graphing ports

A community sting is an alphanumeric string of up to 32 characters used to authenticate user access to the switch's SNMP agent.

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