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Configure snmp n5.4, Configure snmp – Xerox 7245 User Manual

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Configure SNMP

N5.4

It is possible to remotely define and modify GET (Read Only), SET (Read/Write), and Trap SNMP (Simple
Network Management Protocol) community names for the Device. You can also enter the System
Administrator's Name here for packet identification purposes.

SNMP Community Name properties that can be configured

Community Name (Read Only)—

This is the password for SNMP GET requests from the SNMP

Manager to the Agent in the Device. Applications, such as Xerox Printer Map or CentreWare Conductor,
obtaining information from the device by SNMP use this password.

Community Name (Read/Write)

—This is the password for SNMP SET requests from the SNMP

Manager to the Agent in the Device. Applications, such as Xerox Printer Map or CentreWare Conductor,
which set information on the device by SNMP use this password.

Community Name (Trap Notification)—

This is the default password for SNMP TRAPS sent from the

device to the Manager by SNMP.

Configuring SNMP Community Names with Internet Services

1. Open your Web browser and enter the TCP/IP address of the Device in the Address or Location field.

Press Enter.

2. Click

the

Properties

tab.

3. Click the plus symbol (+) to the left of the Protocol Settings file folder.

4. Select

SNMP

in the directory tree.

5. Enter a name for Community Name (Read Only), also known as GET.

6. Enter a name for Community Name (Read/Write), also known as SET.

7. Caution: If you change the GET and/or SET Community Names, you must also change the names in

all network applications that are communicating by SNMP with this Device.

8. Enter a name for the default Community Name (Trap Notification).

9. Optionally enter the System Administrator's name for packet identification purposes.

10. Click the Apply button to accept the changes, or the Undo button to return the settings to their

previous values.

Note: Changes to settings will not be applied until you restart the Device. A Reboot Machine button
is available on the Status Tab of Internet Services.