DES-3526 Layer 2 Fast Ethernet Switch
create snmp community
An Access List of IP addresses of SNMP managers that are
permitted to use the community string to gain access to the
Switch’s SNMP agent.
An MIB view that defines the subset of all MIB objects that will be
accessible to the SNMP community.
read_write
or
read_only
level permission for the MIB objects
accessible to the SNMP community.
Syntax
create snmp community <community_string 32> view
<view_name 32> [read_only | read_write]
Description
The
create snmp community
command is used to create an
SNMP community string and to assign access-limiting
characteristics to this community string.
Parameters
<community_string 32>
−
An alphanumeric string of up to 32
characters that is used to identify members of an SNMP
community. This string is used like a password to give remote
SNMP managers access to MIB objects in the Switch’s SNMP
agent.
<view_name 32>
−
An alphanumeric string of up to 32 characters
that is used to identify the group of MIB objects that a remote
SNMP manager is allowed to access on the Switch.
read_only
−
Specifies that SNMP community members using the
community string created with this command can only read the
contents of the MIBs on the Switch.
read_write
−
Specifies that SNMP community members using the
community string created with this command can read from and
write to the contents of the MIBs on the Switch.
Restrictions Only
administrator-level users can issue this command.
Example usage:
To create the SNMP community string “dlink:”
DES-3526:4#create snmp community dlink view ReadView read_write
Command: create snmp community dlink view ReadView read_write
Success.
DES-3526:4#
delete snmp community
Purpose
Used to remove a specific SNMP community string from the Switch.
Syntax
delete snmp community <community_string 32>
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