Configuring the SNMP Community

The SNMP community defines the relationship between an SNMP server system and the client systems. This statement is optional.

To configure the SNMP community, include the snmp-community statement at the
[edit snmp v3] hierarchy level:

[edit snmp v3]

snmp-community community-index;


community-index is the index for the SNMP community.

To configure the SNMP community properties, include the following statements at the [edit snmp v3 snmp-community community-index] hierarchy level:

[edit snmp v3 snmp-community community-index]

community-name community-name; 

security-name security-name; 

tag tag-name;

This section includes the following topics:

• Configuring the Community Name
• Configuring the Security Names
• Configuring the Tag
• Example: SNMP Community Configuration