NPort 5200 Series User’s Manual
Web Console Configuration
5-8
SNMP Settings
Community name
Setting
Factory Default
Necessity
1 to 39 characters
(E.g., Support, 886-89191230 #300)
public Optional
A community name is a plain-text password mechanism that is used to authenticate queries weakly
to agents of managed network devices.
Contact
Setting
Factory Default
Necessity
1 to 39 characters
(E.g., Support, 886-89191230 #300)
blank
Optional
The SNMP contact information usually includes an emergency contact name and telephone or
pager number.
Location
Setting
Factory Default
Necessity
1 to 39 characters
(E.g., Floor 1, office 2)
blank
Optional
Specify the location of SNMP agents, such as NPort 5200. This string is usually set to the street
address where the NPort 5200 is physically located.
IP Address Report
When NPort 5200 Series products are used in a dynamic IP environment, users must spend more
time with IP management tasks. For example, if NPort 5200 is set up as a server (TCP or UDP),
then the host, which acts as a client, must know the IP address of the server. If the DHCP server
assigns a new IP address to NPort 5200, the host must have some way of determining NPort
5200’s new IP address.
NPort 5200 device servers help out by reporting their IP address periodically to the IP location
server, in case the dynamic IP has changed. The parameters shown below are used to configure the
Auto IP report function. There are two ways to develop an “Auto IP report Server” to receive
NPort 5200’s Auto IP report.
1.
Use Device Server Administrator’s IP Address Report function.
2.
“Auto IP report protocol,” which can receive the Auto IP report automatically on a regular
basis, is also available to help you develop your own software. Refer to Appendix E for the
“Auto IP report protocol.”
Auto report to IP
Setting
Factory Default
Necessity
E.g., 192.168.1.1 or URL
(IP addresses of the form
x
.
x
.
x
.0 and
x
.
x
.
x
.255 are invalid.)
blank
Optional
Reports generated by the Auto report function will be sent to this IP address automatically.
Auto report to TCP port
Setting
Factory Default
Necessity
E.g., 4002
4002
Optional
