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User’s Manual of WGSD-10020 Series

3.5 SNMP-based Network Management

You can use an external SNMP-based application to configure and manage the Managed Switch, such as SNMP Network

Manager, HP Openview Network Node Management (NNM) or What’s Up Gold. This management method requires the SNMP

agent on the switch and the SNMP Network Management Station to use the same community string. This management

method, in fact, uses two community strings: the get community string and the set community string. If the SNMP Network

Management Station only knows the set community string, it can read and write to the MIBs. However, if it only knows the get

community string, it can only read MIBs. The default get and set community strings for the Managed Switch are public.

Figure 3-1-5:

SNMP Management

3.6 PLANET Smart Discovery Utility

For easily listing the Managed Switch in your Ethernet environment, the Planet Smart Discovery Utility from user’s manual

CD-ROM is an ideal solution. The following installation instructions are to guide you to running the Planet Smart Discovery

Utility.

1. Deposit the Planet Smart Discovery Utility in administrator PC.

2. Run this utility as the following screen appears.

Figure 3-1-6:

Planet Smart Discovery Utility Screen

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