IronPort Systems ES-1528 User Manual

Chapter 18 SNMP

ES-1528 User’s Guide

Click on the Create New Group link in the SNMP Group screen to add an SNMP group. The 
screen displays as shown.

Figure 60   SNMP Group - Create 

The following table describes the labels in this screen. 

Group ID

This field indicates the group number. It is used for identification only. Click on the 

individual group number to edit the group settings.

Group Name

This field displays the name of the SNMP group.

SNMP Version

This field indicates which SNMP version this group uses to manage the switch.

Authentication

This field indicates whether authentication is required for members of this group. 

Authentication can only be configured for SNMP v3.

Access

This field indicates the rights this group has for SNMP management. “R” indicates 

that this group has read rights and “W” indicates that this group has write rights on 

the switch.

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Use these navigation links to browse all of your SNMP groups.

Table 40   SNMP Group  (continued)

Table 41   SNMP Group - Create 

Group Name

Specify the name for this SNMP group. 

SNMP Version

Specify the SNMP version this group uses to manage the switch. 

Authentication

This field is only editable if you select SNMPv3 in the SNMP Version field. Select 

Enabled to force SNMP v3 groups to authenticate with the switch or select Disabled 

to deactivate authentication for the SNMP v3 groups. For SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c 

authentication is always disabled.

Access

Read - select Enabled to allow this group to collect information from this switch.
Write - select Enabled to allow this group to create or edit SNMP objects.

Create

Click this to add this SNMP group to the switch. 

Cancel

Click this to go back to the main SNMP Group screen without saving your changes.