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Snmp nms security options, Able a-9, Table – Paradyne 7112 User Manual

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Configuration Option Tables

A-17

7112-A2-GB20-20

March 1998

Table A-8.

General SNMP Management Options (2 of 2)

Community Name 2

Possible Settings: ASCII Text, Clear
Default Setting: [blank]

Community Name of external SNMP Managers allowed access to the DSU/CSU’s MIB.
This community name must be supplied by an external SNMP manager attempting to
access a MIB object. Level of access is set in the next option, Name 2 Access.

ASCII Text – Enter a maximum of 255 ASCII printable characters.

Clear – Clears the Community Name 2 field.

Name 2 Access

Possible Settings: Read, Read/Write
Default Setting: Read

Set the access level for the Community Name 2 created in the previous option.

Read – Allows a read-only access (i.e., SNMP Get) to accessible MIB objects.

Read/Write – Allows both an SNMP Get and Set to MIB objects. Write access allowed
to all MIB objects specified as read-write in the MIB RFC.

SNMP NMS Security Options

To access the SNMP NMS Security Options screen, follow this menu selection
sequence:

Main Menu

Configuration

Load Configuration From

Edit

SNMP

SNMP NMS Security

Table A-9.

SNMP NMS Security Options (1 of 2)

NMS IP Validation

Possible Settings: Enable, Disable
Default Setting: Disable

Determines if security checks are performed on the IP address of any SNMP
management system that attempts to access the node.

Enable – Performs security checking. Allows access only if the sending manager’s
IP address has been entered on the NMS IP address list below.

Disable – No security checking of incoming SNMP messages.

Number of Managers

Possible Settings: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Default Setting: 1

Set the number of SNMP managers that are authorized to send SNMP messages. The
IP address of each SNMP management system must be entered in the next option.

1 to 10 – Specifies the number of SNMP managers allowed to send SNMP messages.