User’s Manual of NS2503-24P/2C
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SNMP community
An SNMP community is the group that devices and management stations running SNMP belong to. It helps define where
information is sent. The community name is used to identify the group. A SNMP device or agent may belong to more than one
SNMP community. It will not respond to requests from management stations that do not belong to one of its communities.
SNMP default communities are:
Write
= private
Read
= public
4.2.4.2 System Options
Use this page to define management stations. You can also define a name, location, and contact person for the Managed
Switch.
Figure 4-2-6:
SNMP Configuration Interface Screenshot
The page includes the following fields:
Object
Description
•
System Name
An administratively assigned name for this managed node. By convention, this is
the node's fully-qualified domain name. A domain name is a text string drawn
from the alphabet (A-Za-z), digits (0-9), minus sign (-). No space characters are
permitted as part of a name. The first character must be an alpha character. And
the first or last character must not be a minus sign.
The allowed string length is 0 to 255.
•
System Location
The physical location of this node (e.g., telephone closet, 3rd floor).
•
System Contact
The textual identification of the contact person for this managed node, together
with information on how to contact this person.
•
SNMP Status
Indicates the SNMP mode operation. Possible modes are:
•
Enabled
: Enable SNMP mode operation.
•
Disabled
: Disable SNMP mode operation.
Default mode is disable.
4.2.4.3 Community Strings
Community strings serve as passwords and can be entered as one of the following:
Figure 4-2-7:
Community Strings Interface Screenshot
