Black Box ET0010A User Manual

ETEP Configuration

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EncrypTight User Guide

Take note of the following requirements when defining SNMP system information:

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To set the system information on an appliance, the community string must be defined as read/write, as 
described in

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System information can contain alphanumeric characters and spaces. The following special characters 
are not allowed: < > “ &

By default the ETEP disregards SNMP requests from a network management station. A community name 
must be defined for the network management station to monitor and collect statistics from the appliance. 
The community name identifies a group of devices and management stations running SMNP. An SNMP 
device or agent can belong to more than one SNMP community. An appliance will not respond to 
requests from management stations that do not belong to one of its communities. 

To define a community name:
1 Under Community Strings, click Add.
2 In  the  Access box, select an access option. A read-only community name allows queries of the SNMP 

agent in the appliance. A read-write community name allows a network management station to 
perform queries and limited set operations (system location and contact).

3 In  the  Value box, enter an SNMP community name. The name is a text string of alphanumeric 

characters, with a maximum length of 255. All printable characters are valid except: < > “ &

4 Click OK.

Location

Describes the location of the ETEP in the network.

Contact

Defines the designated contact information for the device.