5–Managing SwitchesConfiguring SNMP59266-01 B 5-57Table 5-13 describes the fields on the SNMP Properties dialog box.NOTE:Since Read Community, Trap Community, and Write Community settingsare like passwords and are write-only fields, the current settings aredisplayed as asterisks.Table 5-13. SNMP Properties Dialog Box FieldsField DescriptionSNMP Enabled Enables or disables SNMP communication with other switchesin the fabric. You cannot use an SNMP application at a worksta-tion to talk to a switch that has this setting disabled. Pound sign(#), semi-colon (;), and comma (,) characters are not allowed.Contact Specifies the name (up to 64 characters) of the person who is tobe contacted to respond to trap events. The default is Contact undefined>. Pound sign (#), semi-colon (;), andcomma (,) characters are not allowed.Read Community Read community password (up to 32 characters) that authorizesan SNMP agent to read information from the switch. This is awrite-only field. The Read Community value on the switch andthe SNMP management server must be the same. The default ispublic. Pound sign (#), semi-colon (;), and comma (,) charac-ters are not allowed.SNMP Proxy Enables or disables the use of SNMP to monitor and configureswitches in the fabric.Location Specifies the name (up to 64 characters) for the switch location.The default is undefined>. Pound sign (#),semi-colon (;), and comma (,) characters are not allowed.Authentication Trap Enables or disables the reporting of SNMP authentication fail-ures. If enabled, a notification trap is sent when incorrect com-munity string values are used. The default value is False.Write Community Write community password (up to 32 characters) that authorizesan SNMP client to write information to the switch. This is awrite-only field. The value on the switch and the SNMP manage-ment server must be the same. The default value is private.Pound sign (#), semi-colon (;), and comma (,) characters are notallowed.Trap Version Specifies the SNMP version (1 or 2) with which to format traps.
