DES-3226S Layer 2 Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
Network Management Commands
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create snmp community
Purpose
Used to create an SNMP community string.
Syntax
create snmp community
<community_string>
[readonly/readwrite]
Description
This command is used to create an SNMP
community string and to specify the string as
enabling read only or read-write privileges for
the SNMP management host.
Parameters
<community_string>
−
an alphanumeric
string of up to 32 characters used to
authentication of users wanting access to the
switch’s SNMP agent.
readonly
−
allows the user using the above
community string to have read only access to
the switch’s SNMP agent. The default read
only community string is
public
.
readwrite
−
allows the user using the above
community string to have read and write
acces to the switch’s SNMP agent. The
default read write community string is
private
.
Restrictions
Only administrator-level users can issue this
command. A maximum of 4 community
strings can be specified.
Example Usage:
