100 Chapter 3 Using the console interface209418-ASystem Characteristics screenThe System Characteristics screen (Figure 43) allows you to view systemcharacteristics and contains three user-configurable fields: sysContact, sysName,and sysLocation.To open the System Characteristics screen:Read-WriteCommunity StringThe community string used for in-band read-write SNMP operations.Default Value privateRange Any ASCII string of up to 32 printable charactersTrap #1 IP Address1 Number one of four trap IP addresses. Successive trap IP address fieldsare numbered 2, 3, and 4. Each trap address has an associated communitystring (see Community String).Default Value 0.0.0.0 (no IP address assigned)Range Four-octet dotted-decimal notation, where each octet isrepresented as a decimal value, separated by a decimalpointCommunity String The community string associated with one of the four trap IP addresses(see Trap #1 IP Address).Default Value Zero-length stringRange Any ASCII string of up to 32 printable charactersAuthentication Trap Determines whether a trap will be sent when there is an SNMPauthentication failure.Default Value EnabledRange Enabled, DisabledAutotopology Allows you to enable or disable the switch participation in autotopology,which allows network topology mapping of other switches in your network.Default Value EnabledRange Disabled1 The Trap IP Address and Community String fields can be set using a MIB table (in a Nortel Networksproprietary MIB). The status of the row in the MIB table can be set to Ignore. If the row status is set to Ignore,the fields appear to be set when viewed from the console terminal; however, no traps will be sent to thataddress until the row status is set to Valid.Choose System Characteristics (or press s) from the main menu.Table 11 SNMP Configuration screen fields (continued)Field Description
