Configuring for Network Management Applications

Using SNMP Tools To Manage the Switch

 

SNMPv3 Enable

 

The snmpv3 enable command starts a dialog that performs three functions:

 

enabling the switch to receive SNMPv3 messages, configuring the initial users,

 

and, optionally, to restrict non version-3 messages to “read only”. Figure 13-1

 

shows and example of this dialog.

 

 

N o t e :

For most SNMPv3 management software to be able to create new users, they

S N M P

must have an initial user record clone. These records can be downgraded,

Ve r s i o n 3

(given fewer features), but not upgraded with new features added. For this

I n i t i a l U s e r s

reason HP recommends that you create a second user with SHA and DES at

 

when you enable SNMPv3

 

 

Enable

Create initial user models for SNMPv3 management applications.

Set restriction on non-SNMPv3 messages.

Figure 13-1. Example of SNMP version 3 Enable Command

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