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EtherFast
®
Layer 3 Management 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
22
Instant EtherFast
®
Series
21
SNMP Communities
The SNMP Communities screen, shown in Figure 6-12, allows you to con-
figure the community strings authorized for management access. Up to five
community names may be entered.
• Community Name - A community entry authorized for management
access. Maximum string length is 19 characters.
• Access - Management access is restricted to Read Only or Read/Write.
• Status - Sets administrative status of entry to enabled or disabled.
Select Apply to make changes. Select OK to return to the previous panel.
Select Cancel to cancel any changes.
SNMP Configuration
The SNMP Configuration screen, shown in Figure 6-11, displays parameters
for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
• Send Authentication Fail Traps - Issue a trap message to a specified IP trap
managers whenever authentication of an SNMP request fails. Default is
enabled.
• SNMP Communities - Assigns SNMP access based on specified strings.
• IP Trap Managers - Specifies management stations that will receive authen-
tication failure messages or other trap messages from the Switch.
Select OK to return to the previous panel.
Figure 6-11
Figure 6-12