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176 CHAPTER 9: SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL (SNMP)
Perform the following tasks to configure an SNMP user. An example of an SNMPv3 user configuration is displayed below:
Storage Indicates how the user’s attributes ar e stored. The
options are:
■volatile: The entry is stored in volatile memory.
The information is lost during a system reboot.
■nonvolatile (default): The entry is stored in
non-volatile memory. The information is not lost
during a system reboot.
■permanent: The entry is stored in non-volatile
memory. You cannot delete the information but
you can make modifications.
■readonly: The entry is stored in non-volatile
memory. You cannot delete or modify the
information.
Status Indicates whether the user is active or not in server
active.
Set to Enable to indicate Active, or set to Disable to
indicate Not in Service.
Tasks Commands
1. Enter configuration mode. root
2. Create a user for the SNMP
entity.
snmp-server user <user>
3. Specify the authentication type
for this user.
You must specify authentication
type in order for messages to be
authenticated. By default,
authentication type is None.
Optionally, specify the priv
des56 argument to protect
messages from disclosure. By
default, messages are not
protected from disclosure.
snmp-server user <user> [auth {md5 |
sha} <auth-password>]
snmp-server user <user> [auth {md5 |
sha} <auth-password>] [priv des56
<priv-password>]]
Parameter Description