Configure the SNMP Community String

You can configure a community string to send notifications of significant system issues and events.

About this task

Perform this procedure to configure an SNMPv2 community string to access device information through SNMP.
  • SNMP access is read-only.
  • SNMP v2c is the default version.

Procedure

  1. Enter the Config mode.
    device# configure terminal
    device(config)# 
  2. Configure the SNMP v2c community string.
    device (config)# snmp-server community community-name
    device (config)# snmp-server community extreme03
    It is important to configure the string correctly. Incorrect string requests are ignored.
  3. Exit the configuration mode and verify that the configured SNMP community is listed with all supported communities in the output.
    device# show snmp server
    snmp-server community extreme03