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Cajun P880 Routing Switch Installation Guide

5. Set port parameters for the selected ports, as described in 

“Viewing Switch Port Parameters”, earlier in this chapter.

6. Click APPLY to save your changes, or CANCEL to restore 

previous settings.

SNMP communities are the SNMP values that an SNMP manager 
uses to manage the switch. SNMP Version 2c is supported.

To set SNMP communities:

1. In the System Configuration section of the Web Agent 

window, select 

SNMP Administration. The SNMP Community 

Management dialog box opens.

2. Click CREATE. The Create SNMP Community dialog box opens.

3. In the Community String field, enter a community name. 

4. From the IP Address pull-down menu, select Any for any IP 

address or 

Specific and enter an IP Address in the appropriate 

fields. 

This string serves as a password that you enter at 
the network management station. It provides the 
level of access to the switch that you specify on 
this page.

Allows you

 

to send SNMP responses only to a 

station with any or a particular IP address.

Helps provide security when you use SNMP to 
manage the network from a single workstation. 
Refer to Table20 for more information on Access 
options. The default is Read-Write.

Allows you to select the security level for this 
community string. Refer to Table21 for more 
information on security level options. The default 
is Normal.

Allows you to enable or disable the transmission 
of traps to the selected IP address. The default is 
Disable.