xcmGenBaseSNMPWriteCommunity

• 1.3.6.1.4.1.253.8.51.1.2.1.14
• Access readwrite
• Type Unknown

This object is used to specify a 'write community name' valid for use in SNMPv1c and SNMPv2c 'Set' PDUs received (SNMP requests) and generated (SNMP responses) by this management agent. Usage: Note that the object 'xcmGenBaseSNMPWriteCommunity' SHALL ALSO be used to specify a 'read community name' valid for use in SNMPv1c and SNMPv2c 'Get|GetNext|GetBulk' PDUs received (SNMP requests) and generated (SNMP responses) by this management agent. Note however that the object 'xcmGenBaseSNMPTrapCommunity' SHALL NOT be used to specify a 'read community name' valid in SNMP 'Get|GetNext|GetBulk'. Usage: All XCMI conforming management agents SHALL treat a valid 'write community name' as a valid 'read community name' and SHALL NOT increment 'snmpInBadCommunityNames' (unknown name) or 'snmpInBadCommunityUses' (wrong community name for operation) counters in the SNMPv2 Agent MIB (RFC 1907). Note: XCMI-defined community name objects support 64 octets maximum length and configurable charsets, for consistency with the 'snmpCommunityName' object defined in the SNMP Community MIB defined in RFC 2576 (March 2000). Note: Products MAY ship with a market-specific factory default locale with a charset other than 'utf-8', eg, in Japan a product might factory default to 'shift-jis(17)' or 'iso-2022-jp(39)'. Such products MUST implement the 'xcmGenFixedLocalizationTable', to prevent ambiguity about the factory default charset. Usage: For best interworking with the ('utf-8' charset ONLY) closely related 'snmpCommunitySecurityName' object in RFC 2576, conforming management stations and management agents SHOULD NOT configure community names longer than 32 octets. Usage: For best interworking with third-party applications, conforming management stations and management agents SHOULD NOT configure empty (zero-length or all spaces) community names. Usage: All XCMI conforming management agents are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to support an authenticated SNMP SetRequest to this object, changing the system 'write community name' (for best interworking with third-party management stations). Usage: All XCMI conforming management agents: a) SHALL return a zero length string in response to an SNMP GetRequest of this object; b) are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to default this object to the string 'public' (in the static charset); and c) MAY support multiple valid 'write community names' (by using 'xcmGenBaseWriteCommunity' as a 'window' to a community list via 'device[Set|List]' device operations in the Device Mgmt group of the XCMI Host Resources Ext MIB). Usage: This object is of type 'XcmFixedLocaleDisplayString' (see DESCRIPTION of 'xcmGenBaseSNMPReadCommunity' above). If 'xcmGenLocalizationTable' or 'xcmGenFixedLocalizationTable' are not implemented on this host system, then the charset SHALL be 'utf-8(106)', ISO 10646-1 in 'UTF-8' stream encoding. Usage: All XCMI conforming management agents SHALL allow any defined character in the configured charset of this object. All XCMI conforming management stations SHOULD NOT write control characters or other non-display characters into this object. Usage: When an SNMP management stations CHANGES the value of this 'write community name', an XCMI conforming management agent SHALL use the old (previous) 'write community name' when generating the SNMP response to the 'Set' PDU, for consistency. WARNING: Changing the only valid 'write community name' of an SNMP management agent will cause a COMPLETE loss of communications unless all associated SNMP management stations (clients) ALSO change over to the new 'write community name'!!!