IMC Networks IE-IMCV User Manual

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sensitive and must not exceed eight characters or include spaces, and press Enter.
This password will be requested whenever logging on. To remove password
protection, select P and, instead of entering a password, press Enter.

Passwords have the following requirements:
• The password must be between 1 and 8 characters long
• The password consists of a combination of any ASCII characters except spaces
• Passwords are case sensitive

Passwords are a way to make the management of the IMC Networks devices secure,
but these password lists must be stored and maintained.

Assigning SNMP Trap Destinations
Traps are sent by the manageable device to a management PC when a certain event
takes place. To enter a trap destination, press T. When prompted, enter a New IP
Address prompt, enter the appropriate IP address of the destination device and press
Enter. Then, type the name of the community string (that the destination device has
been configured to accept) and press Enter. Select whether the trap is for SNMP
version 1 or 2c and press Enter. This function enables ALL of the device traps.
Supported traps include: Link Down, Link Up, and Last Gasp.

Removing Trap Destinations
To remove all trap destinations, press K. Press Y to continue to confirm or N to abort
and remove all trap destinations. Press Enter to finish.

This function will delete all trap destinations. To selectively delete trap destinations
or select the type of trap reported or not reported, use iView

(iConfig view) to

configure the device.

Creating Community Strings
Community strings add a level of security to a network. The default community string
is named "public" and has read/write access. For security, "public" should be replaced
with custom community strings such as ones created with read-only access (for
general use), and another with read/write access (for the administrator).

To create a new community string, go to the main configuration screen and press C.
Enter the name of the new community (up to 16 characters, no spaces) and press
Enter. Then type one of the following to assign the community string’s access rights:

• R = read-only access
• W = read/write access
• Enter = abort

After entering R or W, press Enter. To finish, press Enter and reboot.