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Opening a device 37
Procedure steps
Step Action
1
From the abbreviated Device Manager window menu bar, choose
Device > Open.
OR
From the Device Manager toolbar, click the Open Device button.
The Open Device dialog box opens (see the following figure).
Open Device dialog box
For information, see "Variable definitions" (page 38) .
2
In the Device Name field, identify the device by entering the DNS
name or IP address of the device.
3
In the Read Community and Write Community fields, enter the
proper community strings.
To gain read/write/all access to a device in Device Manager, you
must enter the read/write/all community string for both the Read
Community and Write Community strings. For information, see
"SNMP community string default values" (page 38) .
4
Check the v3 Enabled checkbox to enable SNMP version 3. Clear
the checkbox to disabled SNMP version 3.
5
Click Ping to check if the switch is reachable, or click Telnet to
initiate a Telnet session.
Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600
Fundamentals — Using Device Manager
NN46225-300 02.02 Standard
4.2 1 October 2007
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