3com WXR100 3CRWXR10095A User Manual

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ONFIGURING

 SNMP

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Set the minimum level of security allowed for SNMP message 
exchanges. 

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Configure a notification profile or modify the default one, to enable 
sending of notifications to notification targets. By default, 
notifications of all types are dropped (not sent).

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Configure notification targets.

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Enable the MSS SNMP engine.

To set the location and contact strings for a switch, use the following 
commands:

set system location string
set system contact string

Each string can be up to 256 characters long, with no blank spaces.

The following commands set a WX switch’s location to 3rd_floor_closet 
and set the contact to sysadmin1:

WX4400# set system location 3rd_floor_closet
success: change accepted.
WX4400# set system contact sysadmin1
success: change accepted.

To enable an SNMP protocol, use the following command:

set snmp protocol {v1 | v2c | usm | all} {enable | disable}

The usm option enables SNMPv3. The all option enables all three 
versions of SNMP. 

The following command enables all SNMP versions:

WX4400# set snmp protocol all enable
success: change accepted.

To configure a community string for SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c, use the 
following command:

set snmp community name comm-string 
access {read-only | read-notify | notify-only | read-write | 
notify-read-write}