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By default, two user accounts exist:
− admin, with 'Read/Write' privileges
− guest, with 'Read Only' privileges
By default, both of these accounts have blank passwords. The names are not case sensitive.
If you logon with a user account with 'Read/Write' privileges (that is, as admin ) you can use the User
Accounts screen to assign passwords and set security parameters for the default accounts, and to add
and delete accounts (other than admin) up to the maximum of six. Only a user with 'Read/Write' privileges
may alter data on this screen, and only one account may be created with 'Read/Write' privileges.
Selection Criteria
User Name Selector - You can use this screen to reco nfigure an existing account, or to create a new
one. Use this pulldown menu to select one of the existing accounts, or select 'Create' to add a new
one, provided the maximum of five 'Read Only' accounts has not been reached.
Authentication Protocol - Specify the SNMPv3 Authentication Protocol setting for the sele cted user
account. The valid Authentication Protocols are None, MD5 or SHA. If you select None, the user will
be unable to access the SNMP data from an SNMP browse r. If you select MD5 or SHA, the user login
password will be used as the SNMPv3 authenti cation password, and you must therefore specify a
password, and it must be eight characters.
Encryption Protocol - Specify the SNMPv3 Encryp tion Protocol setting for the selected user
account. The valid Encryption Protocols are None o r DES. If you select the DES Protocol you must
enter a key in the Encryption Key field. If None is specified for the Protocol, the Encryption Key is
ignored.
Configurable Data
User Name - Enter the name you want to give to the new account. (You can only enter data in this
field when you are creating a new a ccount.) User na m es are up to eight cha racters in length a nd are
not case sensitive. Valid characters incl ude all the alphanumeric characters as well as the dash ('-')
and underscore ('_') characters.