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Applies To: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Vista

ValidCommunity specifies the community name from which the computer running Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) can accept SNMP requests such as GET, SET, GETNEXT, and GETBULK.

Note

The child elements do not appear in the Properties pane of Windows® System Image Manager (Windows SIM) until you add this element to the answer file.

You can use this setting in core installations of Windows Server® 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012, by enabling SNMP-SC in the Windows® Foundation package.

Child Elements

Key

Specifies a unique key for the community.

Value

Specifies the type of permissions that the agent has.

Valid Passes

generalize

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-SNMP-Agent-Service | ValidCommunities | ValidCommunity

Applies To

For the list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-SNMP-Agent-Service.

XML Example

The following XML sample output shows how to set SNMP.

<PermittedManagers>
   <A1>networkhost</A1>
</PermittedManagers>
<RFC1156Agent>
   <sysContact>MyContact</sysContact>
   <sysLocation>MyLocation</sysLocation>
   <sysServices>65</sysServices>
</RFC1156Agent>
<TrapConfiguration>
   <TrapConfigurationItems wcm:action="add">
      <Community_Name>Private</Community_Name>
      <Traps>ComputerName</Traps>
   </TrapConfigurationItems>
   <TrapConfigurationItems wcm:action="add">
      <Community_Name>Public</Community_Name>
      <Traps>207.46.197.32</Traps>
   </TrapConfigurationItems>
</TrapConfiguration>
<ValidCommunities>
   <ValidCommunity wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="Community1">2</ValidCommunity>
   <ValidCommunity wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="Community2">4</ValidCommunity>
</ValidCommunities>

See Also

Concepts

ValidCommunities