Setting basic system information
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IPLink Software Configuration Guide
20 • SNMP configuration
The procedure to use the SNMP MIB browser is:
•
Enter the community string
public
into the Community field in the upper right corner of the window. For
safety reasons each entered character is displayed with a “*”.
•
Access any of the supported MIB system group object by using the
GetNext
button from the button bar of
the window.
Figure 35. AdventNet MibBrowser displaying some of the System Group objects
Example:
Setting the system group objects
In the following example the system information is set for later access via SNMP. See
figure 35
for a typical
MIB browser application accessing these MIB-II system group objects representing the system information.
IPLink>enable
IPLink#configure
IPLink(cfg)#system contact "Lorenz Born, Phone 533"
IPLink(cfg)#system location "Office, 3rd floor, Patton Electronics Co."
IPLink(cfg)#system hostname "2803-01"
2803-01(cfg)#
After entering a host name the prompt on the CLI no longer displays the IP address of the Ethernet port over
which the Telnet session is running but shows the newly entered host name.