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February 1998
SNMP Settings
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Configuring SNMP
This chapter provides procedures for SNMP-specific settings.
Use Community Names... on the SNMP menu to configure SNMP community
names for use by the COMSPHERE 6700 Series SNMP Proxy Agent.
Use Authorized Managers... in conjunction with Community Names... to
determine which SNMP messages to process.
SNMP
The SNMP Proxy Agent uses the community names to:
Determine which SNMP messages to process
Determine how to identify itself when issuing SNMP Trap messages to an
SNMP Manager
Provide a limited security function, when used in conjunction with the
Authorized Managers table
The NMS Read and Write Community names control access to the 6700 Series
NMS MIB. The Base Read and Write Community names control access to the
6700 Series Device MIB.
