SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c community strings are used to define the relationship between an SNMP manager and agent. The community string acts like a password to allow access to the agent. The access granted with a community string is restricted to the scope of the configured group.
One or more of these characteristics associated with the string can be specified:
Read-only, read-write, and read-write-all permission for the MIB objects accessible to the community.
The SNMP version, SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c.
Default access features are preconfigured by the agent for SNMPv1/SNMPv2c.
Use the following CLI syntax to configure community options:
config>system>security>snmp
community community-string access-permissions [version SNMP-version]*A:cses-A13>config>system>security>snmp# info
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community "uTdc9j48PBRkxn5DcSjchk" hash2 rwa version both
community "Lla.RtAyRW2" hash2 r version v2c
community "r0a159kIOfg" hash2 r version both
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*A:cses-A13>config>system>security>snmp#