3Com WX3000 operation manual Configuring basic Snmp functions for SNMPv3

	To do…			Use the command…				Remarks
				snmp-agent community		Required
	Direct	Set a		{ read write }		z	You	can	set		an
	configura	community		community-name [ acl
							SNMPv1/SNMPv2c
	tion	name		acl-number mib-view
							community			name
			view-name ]*
							through			direct
Set a
				snmp-agent group { v1			configuration.
community							Indirect configuration is
		Set an		v2c } group-name[ read-view		z
name and		SNMP		read-view ] [ write-view			compatible				with
access	Indirect	group	write-view ] [ notify-view				SNMPv3.		The	added
permission			notify-view ] [ acl acl-number ]				user	is equal		to	the
	configura
							community		name		for
	tion	Add a user
				snmp-agent usm-user { v1			SNMPv1				and
		to an		v2c } user-name group-name			SNMPv2c.
		SNMP				z You can choose either
				[ acl acl-number ]
		group					of them as needed.
Set the maximum size of an SNMP				snmp-agent packet		Optional
packet for SNMP agent to receive or
				max-sizebyte-count		1,500 bytes by default.
send
						Optional
Set the device engine ID				snmp-agent local-engineid		By default, the device
						engine ID is “enterprise
				engineid
						number + device
						information”.
				snmp-agent mib-view		Optional
Create/Update the view information				{ included excluded }		By default, the view name
				view-name oid-tree [ mask		is “ViewDefault” and OID is
				mask-value ]	1.

Configuring basic SNMP functions for SNMPv3

The device now supports the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for SNMPv3 to provide encryption. AES can provide higher security than the Data Encryption Standard (DES).

Follow these steps to configure basic SNMP functions for SNMPv3:

To do…	Use the command…	Remarks
Enter system view	system-view	—
		Optional
		Disabled by default.
Enable SNMP agent	snmp-agent	You can enable SNMP agent
		by executing this command or
		any of the commands used to
		configure SNMP agent.
		Required
	snmp-agent sys-info	By default, the contact
Set system information and		information for system
	{ contact sys-contact	maintenance is "3Com
specify to enable SNMPv3 on
	location sys-locationversion	Corporation", the system
the device
	{ { v1 v2c v3 }* all } }	location is "Marlborough, MA
		01752 USA", and the SNMP
		version is None.

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