Chapter 21: SNMPv3
350 Section IV: SNMPv3
The following prompt is displayed:
Enter Security Level [N-NoAuthNoPriv, A-AuthNoPriv,
P-AuthPriv]:
7. Enter the Security Level configured for this Group Name. You cannot
change the value of the Security Level parameter.
Select one of the following security levels:
N-NoAuthNoPriv
This option represents no authentication and no privacy protocol.
Select this security level if you do not want to authenticate SNMP
entities and you do not want to encrypt messages using a privacy
protocol. This security level provides the least security.
Note
If you have selected SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c, N-NoAuthNoPriv is the
only security level you can select.
A-AuthNoPriv
This option represents authentication, but no privacy protocol. Select
this security level if you want to authenticate SNMP users, but you do
not want to encrypt messages using a privacy protocol.You can select
this value if you configured the Security Model parameter with the
SNMPv3 protocol.
P-AuthPriv
This option represents authentication and the privacy protocol. Select
this security level to encrypt messages using a privacy protocol and
authenticate SNMP entities. This level provides the greatest level of
security. You can select this value if you configured the Security Model
parameter with the SNMPv3 protocol.
The following prompt is displayed:
Enter Write View Name:
8. Enter a value that you configured with the View Name parameter in the
SNMPv3 View Table.
A Write View Name allows the people assigned to this Security Group
to write, or modify, to the information in the specified View Table. This
value does not need to be unique.
9. After making changes, type R until you return to the Main Menu. Then
type S to select Save Configuration Changes.