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Defining a community<br />

name<br />

Setting up the SNMP agent on <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong><br />

1. [Optional] In the Location field, type a description <strong>of</strong> the physical<br />

location <strong>of</strong> your <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong>.<br />

2. [Optional] In the Contact field, type your <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> administrator<br />

user name.<br />

3. In the Enable Authentication Failure Trap field, select Yes to enable<br />

authentication failure traps, or No to disable authentication failure traps.<br />

If you click Yes, the <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> will send authentication failure traps<br />

to all configured management stations whenever the <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong><br />

detects an unauthenticated Get command.<br />

4. In the Allowed Get Communities you can view all <strong>of</strong> the community<br />

names authorized to retrieve MIB information. The community name is<br />

part <strong>of</strong> the authentication header in all SNMP messages. The <strong>Sidewinder</strong><br />

<strong>G2</strong> SNMP agent checks the community name in all SNMP messages it<br />

receives to verify the identity <strong>of</strong> a manager.<br />

To add, modify, or delete communities, use the New, Modify, and Delete<br />

buttons located directly beneath the list. See “Defining a community<br />

name” on page 14-9 for information on adding or modifying a<br />

community name.<br />

Note: The SNMP daemon will not start unless a community name is specified. By<br />

default, if you do not specify an Allowed Get Community name, the only Allowed<br />

Get Community is “public.”<br />

5. In the Trap Destinations field, you can view all <strong>of</strong> the hosts that will<br />

receive traps generated by the <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> SNMP agent. To add,<br />

modify, or delete trap destinations, use the New, Modify, and Delete<br />

buttons located directly beneath the list. See “Defining a trap<br />

destination” on page 14-10 for information on adding a new trap<br />

destination name or IP address.<br />

Note: By default, if you do not specify a trap destination community name, the<br />

<strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> uses the community name “public.”<br />

6. Click the Save icon in the toolbar to apply the changes. If the SNMP<br />

agent is enabled, a ColdStart trap is issued to all configured trap<br />

destinations whenever you save configuration changes.<br />

The Allowed Get Community window enables you to add or modify<br />

names in the list <strong>of</strong> authorized community names. As an SNMP agent,<br />

the <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> will only respond to requests from management<br />

stations that belong to a community in this list. Follow the steps<br />

below.<br />

1. In the Community Name field, type the name you want added to the list<br />

<strong>of</strong> allowed communities.<br />

Configuring the SNMP Agent 14-9

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