Nortel Networks 8600 Switch User Manual


 
Technical Configuration Guide for SNMP v2.0 December 2006
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For example, assuming we have upgraded to release 3.7 and now wish to delete community’s
index1 and index2:
ERS-8606:5# config snmp-v3 community delete index1
ERS-8606:5# config snmp-v3 community delete index2
A new SNMP community can be added by using the following command:
ERS-8606:5# config snmp-v3 community create <Comm Idx> <name> <security> [tag
<value>]
where:
Parameter
Description
Comm Idx
The unique index value of a row in this table. The range is 1-32
characters.
name
The community string for which a row in this table represents a
configuration
security
Maps community string to the security name in the VACM Group
Member Table.
tag <value>
(optional)
The transport tag name in the table. The range is 1-32 characters.
For example, to add a new community with a community index named third with a community
name of readonly, and a community index named forth with a community name of readwrite,
enter the following:
ERS-8606:5# config snmp-v3 community create third readonly readview
ERS-8606:5# config snmp-v3 community create forth readwrite initialview
ERS-8606:5# config snmp-v3 community info
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Community Table
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Index Name Security Name Transport Tag
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first ******** readview
forth ******** initialview
second ******** initialview
third ******** readview
4 out of 4 Total entries displayed
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Please see section 7 for more details in regards to configuring SNMP communities.