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system snmp community add

Adds a new community with the specified access control type

Availability: This command is available to cluster administrators at the admin privilege level.

Description​

The system snmp community add command adds communities with the specified access control type. Only read-only communities are supported. There is no limit for the number of communities supported.

Parameters​

-vserver <Vserver Name> - Vserver
This parameter specifies the Vserver to which the community will be added. If no Vserver is specified, the community is added to the admin Vserver.
-community-name <text> - Community
This parameter specifies the name of the community.
-type <ctype> - access type
This parameter specifies 'ro' for read-only community.

Examples​

The following example adds the read-only community name 'private'. 

cluster1::> system snmp community add -type ro
    -community-name private

cluster1::> system snmp community show
          ro  private