3-38 Switch Management
GigWorks MkII-16 Switch Model MKII-BASE16
59003-01 Rev. A Installer's/User's Manual
Switch Utilities — Management Configuration
moving your cursor to the field and typing. You may write the contents of this
field to the Switch by pressing the Set SNMP Config. Button.
Contact: Use the Get SNMP Config Button to read the current Name of the
Contact person. The default set at the factory is undefined. You may modify this
field by moving your cursor to the field and typing. You may write the contents
of this field to the Switch by pressing the Set SNMP Config. Button.
Location: Use the Get SNMP Config Button to read the current location of the
Switch. The default set at the factory is undefined. You may modify this field by
moving your cursor to the field and typing. You may write the contents of this
field to the Switch by pressing the Set SNMP Config. Button.
Send Authentication Traps Check Box: Check this box to send a trap to the
address in the Trap IP Address field in the event that an attempt is made to access
the Switch with the wrong Community Names.
Trap IP Address: This field contains the address used by Authentication Traps.
The default set at the factory is 127.0.0.1. This is the “Loopback” address (the
address that the Switch uses to send things to itself) therefore, if you don’t modify
this address, Authentication Traps will not go anywhere. You may modify this
field by moving your cursor to the field and typing. You may write the contents
of this field to the Switch by pressing the Set SNMP Config. Button.
Set SNMP Communities Button: Press to write the SNMP Communities
information, displayed in the fields to the Right of the button, into the Switch.
Read Community: Use this Field to modify the Read Community Name. This is
an ASCII string with a maximum of 64 bytes. This is a set-only field. The current
Read Community is not displayed. The default Read Community Name is
public. You may modify this field by moving your cursor to the field and
typing. You may write the contents of this field to the Switch by pressing the Set
SNMP Communities Button.
Write Community: Use this Field to modify the Write Community Name. This
is an ASCII string with a maximum of 64 bytes. This is a set-only field. The
current Write Community is not displayed. The default Write Community Name
is private. You may modify this field by moving your cursor to the field and
typing. You may write the contents of this field to the Switch by pressing the Set
SNMP Communities Button.
Trap Community: Use this Field to modify the Trap Community Name. This is
an ASCII string with a maximum of 64 bytes. This is a set-only field. The current
Trap Community is not displayed. The default Trap Community Name is
public. You may modify this field by moving your cursor to the field and
typing. You may write the contents of this field to the Switch by pressing the Set
SNMP Communities Button.