Allied Telesis AT-S60 - Manual (Page 85)

AT-S60 Management Software User’s Guide
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SNMP Overview
The SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c protocols allow you to create groups, called
communities, and define IP addresses for SNMP managers. In addition,
you can configure IP addresses for sending SNMP messages called traps.
Using the SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c protocols, you can authenticate
messages based on a password, called a community name, and manager
IP addresses. Messages sent using the SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c protocols
are plain text messages.
Over time, some security issues have developed with the SNMPv1 and
SNMPv2c protocols. For example, it has become standard practice to use
“public” and “private” as community names. As a result, Allied Telesyn
International suggests using carefully selected community names.
There are two ways to configure the SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c protocols.
You can use the SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c menus described in this chapter
to configure these protocols or you can use SNMPv3 Table menus
described in Chapter 17: SNMPv3 Configuration on page 293. Allied
Telesyn International recommends you configure SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c
with the SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c menus described in this chapter
because the SNMPv3 Table menus require a much more extensive
configuration.
For procedures to configure SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c menus, see
Configuring the SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c Protocols on page 86.
Note
For the SNMP RFCs supported by this release of the AT-S60 software,
see SNMP Management Session on page 32.