HP Recommended configuration procedure

•Set—The NMS modifies the value of an object node in an agent MIB.

•Notifications—Includes traps and informs. SNMP agent sends traps or informs to report events to the NMS. The difference between these two types of notification is that informs require acknowledgement but traps do not. The device supports only traps.

SNMP protocol versions

HP supports SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3. An NMS and an SNMP agent must use the same SNMP version to communicate with each other.

•SNMPv1—Uses community names for authentication. To access an SNMP agent, an NMS must use the same community name as set on the SNMP agent. If the community name used by the NMS is different from the community name set on the agent, the NMS cannot establish an SNMP session to access the agent or receive traps and notifications from the agent.

•SNMPv2c—Uses community names for authentication. SNMPv2c is compatible with SNMPv1, but supports more operation modes, data types, and error codes.

•SNMPv3—Uses a user-based security model (USM) to secure SNMP communication. You can configure authentication and privacy mechanisms to authenticate and encrypt SNMP packets for integrity, authenticity, and confidentiality.

Recommended configuration procedure

SNMPv3 differs from SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c in many ways. Their configuration procedures are described in separate sections.

Table 31 SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c configuration task list

Task		Remarks
		Required.
		The SNMP agent function is disabled by default.
1.	Enabling SNMP agent	IMPORTANT:
		If SNMP agent is disabled, all SNMP agent-related configurations are
		removed.
		Optional.
2.	Configuring an SNMP view	After creating SNMP views, you can specify an SNMP view for an
		SNMP community to limit the MIB objects that can be accessed by the
		SNMP community.
3.	Configuring an SNMP community	Required.
		Optional.
		Allows you to configure that the agent can send SNMP traps to the
		NMS, and configure information about the target host (usually the
4.	Configuring SNMP trap function	NMS) of the SNMP traps.
		The SNMP agent sends traps to inform the NMS of important events,
		such as a reboot.
		By default, an agent is allowed to send SNMP traps to the NMS.
5.	Displaying SNMP packet statistics	Optional.
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