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ValidCommunities

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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

ValidCommunities is a container for ValidCommunity elements.

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

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.

Valid Passes

generalize

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-SNMP-Agent-Service | ValidCommunities

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

Microsoft-Windows-SNMP-Agent-Service