Accton Technology VS4512DC - Manual (Page 51)

Simple Network Management Protocol
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Setting Community Access Strings
You may configure up to five community strings authorized for management access.
All community strings used for IP Trap Managers should be listed in this table. For
security reasons, you should consider removing the default strings.
Command Attributes
• SNMP Community Capability – Indicates that the switch supports up to five
community strings.
• Community String – A community string that acts like a password and permits
access to the SNMP protocol.
Default strings: “public” (read-only access), “private” (read/write access)
Range: 1-32 characters, case sensitive
• Access Mode
- Read-Only – Specifies read-only access. Authorized management stations
are only able to retrieve MIB objects.
- Read/Write – Specifies read-write access. Authorized management stations
are able to both retrieve and modify MIB objects.
Web – Click SNMP, Configuration. Add new community strings as required, select
the access rights from the Access Mode drop-down list, then click Add.
CLI – The following example adds the string “spiderman” with read/write access.
Console(config)#snmp-server community spiderman rw 4-76
Console(config)#