Creating SNMP Communities on SNMP V1 and V2

SNMPv1 and v2 protocol uses communities as a method of controlling access to information. A community consists of the community string and community type. You can create a community using the following command:

CLI (network-admin@switch) > snmp-community-create community-string community-string-string community-type read-only|read-write

community-string community-string-string	Specify a community name
community-type read-only\|read-write	Specify the community type having read-only or read-write privileges

For example, to create a SNMP community string named, pluribus, with read-only privileges, use the following command:

CLI (network-admin@switch) > snmp-community-create community-string pluribus community-type read-only

In Netvisor ONE, the snmp-show command enables SNMP walk internally on specific MIB tables or MIB elements. You can run SNMP walk from any host where SNMP software is enabled. To display the details of a Pluribus custom MIB, pnFabricTable, for example, use the command:

CLI (network-admin@switch) > snmp-show community-string pluribus name pnFabricTable show-type walk

switch name value

------------ --------------------- -------------------

switch-name FbIndex.100663455 Gauge32: 100663455

switch-name NodeName.100663455 STRING: switch.

switch-name FabricName.100663455 STRING: switch.

switch-name NodeState.100663455 Gauge32: 1

To modify the SNMP community, pluribus, to read-write, use the following command:

CLI (network-admin@switch) > snmp-community-modify community-string pluribus community-type read-write

To display information about the SNMP community, pluribus, use the following command:

CLI (network-admin@switch) > snmp-community-show community-string pluribus

switch community-string community-type

------ ---------------- --------------

switch pluribus read-write

To delete the SNMP community, pluribus, use the following command:

CLI (network-admin@switch) > snmp-community-delete community-string pluribus