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¥ Authorized managers
Ñ An authorized manager can be one or more network
management stations on your network. The Summit can have a maximum of six
authorized managers.
¥ Community strings
Ñ The community strings allow a simple method of
authentication between the Switch and the remote Network Manager. There are two
community strings on the Summit. The
read community string
provides read-only
access to the switch. The default read community string is
public
. The
write
community string
provides read and write access to the Switch. The default write
community string is
private
. The community string for all authorized trap receivers
must be conÞgured on the Switch for the trap receiver to receive Switch-generated
traps.
¥ System contact
(optional) Ñ The system contact is a text Þeld that enables you to
enter the name of the person(s) responsible for managing the Switch.
¥ System name
Ñ The system name is the name that you have assigned to this
Switch. The default name is Summit1 or Summit2.
¥ System location
(optional) Ñ Using the system location Þeld, you can enter an
optional location for this Switch.
Table 3-3
describes SNMP conÞguration commands.
Table 3-3: SNMP Configuration Commands
Command
Description
config vlan <name> ipaddress <ip_address>
{<mask>}
Configures an IP address for the VLAN.
This is required in order to use an SNMP
manager.
config iproute add default <ip_address> {<mask>}
{<metric>}
Configures the default gateway for the
switch. A default gateway must be on a
configured IP interface.
enable snmp access
Turns on SNMP support for the Switch.
enable snmp trap
Turns on SNMP trap support.
config snmp add <ipaddress>
Adds the IP address of an SNMP
management station to the access list. Up
to six addresses can be specified.
config snmp add trapreceiver <ipaddress>
{community <string>}
Adds the IP address of a specified trap
receiver. A maximum of six trap receivers
is allowed.
config snmp community [read | readwrite] <string>
Configures the SNMP read and write
community strings. The community string
can have a maximum of 127 characters.
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