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Variable definitions
Variable Value
Device Name Enter the DNS name or IP address of the device.
Read Community Enter the read community password string to use
to open this device.
Write Community Enter the write community password string to use
to open this device.
Use default community
string in properties
When selected, the community strings in the device
specific properties are used to open this device. If
the device specific properties do not exit, the global
default properties will be used.
v3 Enabled Enables (selected) or disables (cleared) SNMP
version 3.
User Name Indicates the user’s security name. If v3 Enabled is
selected, this name appears in the Edit > SnmpV3
tables.
Context Name A string between 0 and 32 characters that identifies
a context for accessing management information at
a SNMP entity. Required for certain devices.
Authentication Protocol Indicates the selected authentication protocol:
NONE, MD5, or SHA-96.
Authentication Password Indicates the authentication password string.
Privacy Protocol Indicates the selected privacy protocol: NONE,
DES, or AES.
Privacy Password Indicates the privacy password string.
SNMP community string default values
Access Level Description
read-only Public
Layer 1 read/write Private
Layer 2 read/write Private
Layer 3 read/write Private
read/write Private
read/write/all Secret
Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600
Fundamentals — Using Device Manager
NN46225-300 02.02 Standard
4.2 1 October 2007
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