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Authentication Method Use this to enable or disable Authentication between the SNMP Agent on the Switch and the SNMP Manager.
•None Disables authentication between the SNMP Agent on the Switch and the SNMP Manager.
•MD5 Password Enables authentication using HMAC-
•SHA Password Enables authentication using HMAC-
•MD5 Key Enables authentication using the HMAC- MD5 algorithm.
•SHA Key Enables authentication using
Password Defines the local user password. Local user passwords can contain up to 159 characters.
Authentication Key Defines the
Privacy Key Defines the Privacy Key (LSB). If only authentication is required, 20 bytes are defined. If both privacy and authentication are required, 36 bytes are defined. Each byte in hexadecimal character strings is two hexadecimal digits. Each byte can be separated by a period or colon.
Click Add to List to add the Group Membership configuration to the respective table at the bottom of the screen.
SNMP > Communities
The Communities screen is used to define SNMP communities. The Communities screen contains the following three areas: Communities, Basic Table and Advanced Table.
SNMP > Communities
SNMP Management Station Defines the management stationIPaddressforwhichtheadvancedSNMPcommunity is defined. There are two definition options: either select the first radio button and enter the management station IP address in the field (default), or select All to include all management station IP addresses.
Community String Defines the password used to authenticate the management station to the device.
Basic Enables SNMP Basic mode for a selected community and contains the following fields:
Access Mode Defines the access rights of the community. The possible field values are:
•Read Only Management access is restricted to read- only, and changes cannot be made to the community.
•Read Write Management access is
•SNMP Admin User can access all device configuration options, and can modify the community.
View Name Contains a list of
Advanced Enables SNMP Advanced mode for a selected community and contains the following fields:
Group Name Defines advanced SNMP communities group names.
Click Add to List to add the Communities configuration to the respective Table at the bottom of the screen.
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