To override the global Preferences set for PCM Device Access via SNMP, CLI, and WebAgent on an individual device:
1. Select the device in the Devices List or the Navigation Tree then click the
Device Access button in the toolbar to display the Device Access Tools menu; or, you can right click on the device and select
Device Access –>Communication Paramters in PCM from the menu.
This launches the Communication Parameters in ProCurve Manager wizard.
Figure 6-6. Communication Parameters in PCM.
1. Select any one, or combination of the checkboxes (defined below), then click Next.
Instructions for setting configuration parameters follow, in the order they would appear if all three options are selected.
Select: To do this:
SNMP Settings Change the settings PCM uses for SNMP communication
CLI Settings Change the settings PCM uses for telnet or SSH communication
Web Agent Settings Change the settings PCM uses to launch the system’s default web browser and target the device’s web agent
Managing Network Devices Configuring Communication Parameters 2. If you selected the SNMP settings, the Configure SNMP Timeout and Retries
window displays.
3. Click Next to continue, and accept the PCM defaults, or a. Click the checkbox to de-select Use PCM Defaults,
b. Set the Timeout and Retries intervals as needed.
Click the up or down button to increase or decrease the number of seconds before a timing out the connection, and the number of times to retry connecting when a Timout occurs.
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4. Click Next to continue, and accept the PCM default (SNMPV2), or a. Click the checkbox to de-select Use PCM Defaults,
b. Click to select the version (SNMP V2 or SNMP V3) you want PCM to use with the selected device.
c. Click Next to continue to the Configure SNMP Credentials window. 5. For SNMP V2, the next window is the "Configure SNMP V2 Credentials"
Managing Network Devices Configuring Communication Parameters 6. Click Next to continue, and accept the PCM defaults, or
a. Click the checkbox to de-select Use PCM Defaults,
b. Type in the SNMP Read Community name and Write Community name that PCM will use with the device. This will override the Preferences setting for the selected device.
N o t e :
The ProCurve Manager is shipped with the predefined SNMP read and write community names of "public". These community names can be changed during installation, or in the Preferences–>Device Access–>SNMP window.7. For SNMP V3, the next window is the "Configure SNMP V3 Credentials"
8. Click Next to continue, and accept the PCM defaults, or a. Click the checkbox to de-select Use PCM Defaults,
b. Type in the Username.
c. Select the Authorization Protocol if used, and type in the Authorization
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9. I f you selected the CLI Settings, the Configure CLI Timeout and Retries window displays.
10. Click Next to continue, and accept the PCM defaults, or a. Click the checkbox to de-select Use PCM Defaults,
b. Set the Timeout and Retries intervals as needed.
Click the up or down button to increase or decrease the number of seconds before a timing out the connection, and the number of times to retry connecting when a Timout occurs.
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11. Click Next to continue, and accept the PCM default (Telnet), or a. Click the checkbox to de-select Use PCM Defaults,
b. Click to select the CLI mode to use with the selected device. c. Click Next to continue
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13. Click Next to continue, and accept the PCM defaults, or a. Click the checkbox to de-select Use PCM Defaults,
b. In the Mgr UserName field, type the new manager user name. c. In the Mgr Password field, type the Manager password.
d. In the Opr UserName field, type the new Operator user name. (optional e. In the Opr Password field, type the Operator password.
NOTE: Operator entries are optional. f. Click Next to continue.
14. If you selected SSH, the Configure SSH Credentials window displays.
15. Click Next to continue, and accept the PCM defaults, or a. Click the checkbox to de-select Use PCM Defaults,
b. Click the radio button to select the SSH version used by the device:
SSH1 or SSH2 .
c. For SSH 2, click the radio button to select the SSH Authentication
methodto use: Key or Password authentication.
d. For SSH1, Password is automatically selected and Key is disabled. e. For SSH 2 using Key authentication:
– enter the Port number PCM will use to connect with the device. – Enter the Key that PCM will use to authenticate with the device.
To get the public fingerprint key of the device, telnet to the device and execute the command: show ip host-public-key fingerprint
Managing Network Devices Configuring Communication Parameters f. If you selected SSH 1, or SSH 2 with Password authentication, click
Next to continue to the Configure CLI User Credentials window. These entries are the same as described for step 13 on page 6-18.
g. If you selected SSH2 with Key authentication, click Finish to save the configuration and exit the wizard.
If you selected only CLI settings to configure, you would finish the procedure at this point.
16. If you selected Web Agent settings, the Configure WebAgent Credentials window displays.
17. Click Next to continue, and accept the PCM defaults, or a. Click the checkbox to de-select Use PCM Defaults,
b. Click one of the radio buttons to select the WebAgent protocol to be used (Http or Https) or to Disable WebAgent.
c. Select the Port that PCM will use to communicate with the device. d. Click Finish to complete the procedure.
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