Copyright: Monday, July 09, 2001 08:15:57


Provides a space for you to type the name of the person who administers this computer.

Management computers can access contact information by sending an SNMP request for the appropriate object. MIB-2.system objects are described in RFC1213.


Provides a space for you to type the physical location of the computer (for example, the building and office number).

Management computers can determine the location of a computer by sending an SNMP request for the appropriate object. MIB-2.system objects are described in RFC1213.


Specifies whether this computer manages physical devices, such as a hard disk partition.

SNMP agents provide information about services they are running to the management system within their community.


Specifies whether this computer uses any applications that send data using TCP/IP.

SNMP agents provide information about services they are running to the management system within their community.


Specifies whether this computer manages a bridge.

SNMP agents provide information about services they are running to the management system within their community.


Specifies whether this computer is an IP gateway (router).

SNMP agents provide information about services they are running to the management system within their community.


Specifies whether this computer is an IP host.

SNMP agents provide information about services they are running to the management system within their community.


Lists the available permission levels used to define how this host processes SNMP requests from a selected community:

Use None to prevent this host from processing any SNMP requests.

Use Notify to allow this host to send only traps to the community.

Use Read Only to prevent this host from processing SNMP SET requests.

Use Read Write to allow this host to process SNMP SET requests.

Use Read Create to allow this host to create new entries in the SNMP tables.


Provides a space for you to type the community name, which acts as a password and is shared by one or more SNMP hosts. This is used to change the existing community name.


Provides a space for you to type a new computer name, IP or IPX address, changing the existing host name.


Provides a space for you to type the community name you want to add to the list of valid SNMP communities.


Adds the community name to the list.


Provides a space for you to type the computer name or IP or IPX address you want to add to the list of SNMP hosts.


Adds the host address to the list.


Specifies whether to send a message to all trap destinations if this host receives an SNMP request from a host or community not listed on the Security tab.

Trap messages are sent to all hosts listed in the Trap destinations list, indicating that the SNMP request failed authentication.


Lists the community names that you can add or remove for the host to receive SNMP requests from other member management systems.

A community name acts as a password that is shared by one or more SNMP hosts.

Accepted community names are used to authenticate incoming messages only. To check outgoing messages, add the host as a trap destination on the Traps tab.


Adds a community name and associated permissions to the list of communities that can send SNMP requests to this host.


Click to edit the selected community name and its associated permissions.


Removes the selected community name from the list.

If Send authentication trap is checked, then a message sent with an unlisted community name generates an authentication trap message.


Specifies that all SNMP packets from all hosts belonging to the communities listed in the Accepted community names box are processed.


Specifies that an exclusive list of management systems whose SNMP requests are received by this host is created, providing a higher level of security than use of a community name, which can contain a large group of hosts.


Lists the agents and management systems that can send SNMP requests to this host, providing a higher level of security than use of a community name, which can contain a large group of hosts.

You can add one or more agent or management system names that belong to a community listed in the Accepted community names box.


Adds a specific host name to the list of management systems whose SNMP requests are received by this host.


Click to edit the selected host computer name, or IP or IPX address.


Removes the selected host from the list.

If Send authentication trap is checked, then messages sent by an unlisted host generate an authentication trap message.


Provides a space for you to type or select the community name shared by the SNMP management system you are adding as a trap destination.

A community name acts as a password that is shared by one or more SNMP hosts. This agent can only send trap messages to hosts with a known community name.

Community names on the Traps tab are used to authenticate outgoing messages only. To check all incoming messages, configure the host on the Security tab.


Adds this community name as an available option in the Community name list.


Removes this community name from the list of communities to which notification messages are sent.


Lists trap destinations, which are management systems that receive notification messages from the SNMP agent acting on behalf of the specified community name. The selected SNMP management system is sent all trap messages generated by this host.


Adds an SNMP management system to the list of available trap destinations for the selected community.


Click to edit an available SNMP management system name, or IP or IPX address.


Removes an SNMP management system from the list of available trap destinations for the selected community.