Create a Community
About this task
Create a community to use in forming a relationship between an SNMP agent and one or more SNMP managers. You require SNMP community strings for access to the switch using an SNMP-based management software.
Procedure
- In the navigation pane, expand .
- Select Community Table.
- Select Insert.
- In Index, type an index.
- In Name, type a name that is a community string.
- In SecurityName, type a security name.
- In ContextName, type the context name.
- Select Insert.
Community Table Field Descriptions
Use the data in the following table to use the Community Table tab.
Name |
Description |
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Index |
Specifies the unique index value of a row in this table. The range is 1–32 characters. |
Name |
Specifies the community string for which a row in this table represents a configuration. |
SecurityName |
Specifies the security name in the VACM group member table to which the community string is mapped. The range is 1–32 characters. |
ContextEngineID |
Indicates the location of the context in which management information is accessed when using the community string specified in Name. |
ContextName |
Specifies the context in which management information is accessed when you use the specified community string. |