Chapter 3: Switch management
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SNMP-based network management
Use an external SNMP-based application to configure and manage the industrial
managed switches, such as SNMP Network Manager, HP Openview Network Node
Management (NNM), or What’s Up Gold. This management method requires the SNMP
agent on the switch and the SNMP Network Management Station to use the same
community string. This management method uses two community strings: the get
community string and the set community string.
If the SNMP Network Management Station only knows the set community string, it can
read and write to the MIBs. However, if it only knows the get community string, it can
only read MIBs. The default get and set community strings for the industrial managed
switch are public.