https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/snmp-configuration-read-create-or-read-write/m-p/3297910#M3383 Hi,<BR /><BR />READ CREATE is necessary if you will be using SIM or the System Home Page to set thresholds (i.e., disk space thresholds) on the target servers. READ WRITE is sufficient for everything else. <BR /><BR />So, if you want to set thresholds, create one READ ONLY string and one READ CREATE string and you will be all set.<BR /><BR />Good luck,<BR />- Steve<BR /> Tue, 08 Jun 2004 08:30:41 GMT Steve Kadish 2004-06-08T08:30:41Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/snmp-configuration-read-create-or-read-write/m-p/3297909#M3382 For SIM and HP agents to work properly, should I set the snmp security for the community to read_create, read_write or create 2 communities, 1 for each?<BR /><BR />I researched the read_create value, it is a SNMPv2 permission but I dont know if it is backward compatible with devices that do SNMPv1 querries...<BR /><BR />Thanks,<BR /><BR /> Mon, 07 Jun 2004 10:38:16 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/snmp-configuration-read-create-or-read-write/m-p/3297909#M3382 Martin Harrison_1 2004-06-07T10:38:16Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/snmp-configuration-read-create-or-read-write/m-p/3297910#M3383 Hi,<BR /><BR />READ CREATE is necessary if you will be using SIM or the System Home Page to set thresholds (i.e., disk space thresholds) on the target servers. READ WRITE is sufficient for everything else. <BR /><BR />So, if you want to set thresholds, create one READ ONLY string and one READ CREATE string and you will be all set.<BR /><BR />Good luck,<BR />- Steve<BR /> Tue, 08 Jun 2004 08:30:41 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/snmp-configuration-read-create-or-read-write/m-p/3297910#M3383 Steve Kadish 2004-06-08T08:30:41Z