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To display the current name of the SNMP engine on the Switch:
Command: show snmp engineID
SNMP Engine ID : 0035636666
create snmp group
Purpose | Used to create a new SNMP group, or a table that maps SNMP |
| users to SNMP views. |
Syntax | create snmp group <groupname 32> [v1 v2c v3 |
| [noauth_nopriv auth_nopriv auth_priv]] {read_view |
| <view_name 32> write_view <view_name 32> notify_view |
| <view_name 32>} |
Description
Parameters
The create snmp group command creates a new SNMP group, or a table that maps SNMP users to SNMP views.
<groupname 32> − An alphanumeric name of up to 32 characters that will identify the SNMP group the new SNMP user will be associated with.
v1 – Specifies that SNMP version 1 will be used. The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), version 1, is a network management protocol that provides a means to monitor and control network devices.
v2c – Specifies that SNMP version 2c will be used. The SNMP v2c supports both centralized and distributed network management strategies. It includes improvements in the Structure of Management Information (SMI) and adds some security features.
v3 – Specifies that the SNMP version 3 will be used. SNMP v3 provides secure access to devices through a combination of authentication and encrypting packets over the network. SNMP v3 adds:
Message integrity − Ensures that packets have not been tampered with during transit.
Authentication − Determines if an SNMP message is from a valid source.
Encryption − Scrambles the contents of messages to prevent it being viewed by an unauthorized source.
noauth_nopriv − Specifies that there will be no authorization and no encryption of packets sent between the Switch and a remote SNMP manager.
auth_nopriv − Specifies that authorization will be required, but there will be no encryption of packets sent between the Switch and a remote SNMP manager.
auth_priv − Specifies that authorization will be required, and that packets sent between the Switch and a remote SNMP manger will
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