SMC Networks 8028L2, Management Manual

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All community strings used to authorize access by SNMP v1 and v2c clients
should be listed in the SNMPv3 Communities Configuration table. For
security reasons, you should consider removing the default strings.
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The following parameters are displayed on the SNMPv3 Communities
Configuration page:
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Community - Specifies the community strings which allow access to
the SNMP agent. (Range: 1-32 characters, ASCII characters 33-126
only; Default: public, private)
For SNMPv3, these strings are treated as a Security Name, and are
mapped as an SNMPv1 or SNMPv2 community string in the SNMPv3
Groups Configuration table (see "Configuring SNMPv3 Groups" on
page 136 ).
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Source IP - Specifies the source address of an SNMP client.
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Source Mask - Specifies the address mask for the SNMP client.
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To configure SNMP community access strings:
1.
Click Configuration, SNMP, Communities.
2.
Set the IP address and mask for the default community strings.
Otherwise, you should consider deleting these strings for security
reasons.
3.
Add any new community strings required for SNMPv1 or v2 clients that
need to access the switch, along with the source address and address
mask for each client.
4.
Click Save.
Figure 35: SNMPv3 Communities Configuration