Chapter 1 - Using AlvariCRAFT Getting Started
AlvariCRAFT Device Manager 8 User Manual
The Equipment Editor includes the following fields:
3 Enter the Device Name (optional), IP Address, Read community and Write
community. Click OK.
4 The device’s is added to the Managed Devices list.
For each defined device, the following information is displayed in the Managed
Devices list:
Parameter Description
NMS Reference
Device Name The device’s name in the AlvariCRAFT utility.
SNMP Parameters
IP Address The device’s IP Address. Read-only when editing the properties of a
previously defined device.
Read Community The Read community string (password) for SNMP get operations.
This string is used by the SNMP agent to allow/disallow SNMP read
access.
The default Read Community is public.
Write Community The Write community string (password) for SNMP set operations.
This string is used by the SNMP agent to allow/disallow SNMP write
access. The Write community can also be used for read (get)
operations.
The default Write Community is private.
Retries The maximum number of retries for SNMP/TFTP communication with
the Device.
The range is from 0 to 255.
The default is 3 retries.
Timeout(s) The maximum time in seconds that the requesting process waits for a
response from the Device before attempting a retransmission (or
aborting if the maximum number of retries has been reached).
The available range is 1 to 3600 seconds.
The default is 10 seconds.
NOTE
If the Read community string is entered in the Write Community text field, the user will get read-only
access rights to the device. For increased security, ESSID parameters are not available to users
with read-only access rights.
The Write community string may also be entered in the Read Community text field.
