HP Manager Software manual For SNMPv3, select the USM user

214CHAPTER 5: CONFIGURING WX SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS

„In the Organizer panel, select Management Services under a WX switch, then select Notification Target under SNMP. Select Config > Edit.

2Specify the target ID.

3Type the IP address of the target.

4Specify the protocol port on which the target listens for SNMP notifications. The default is 162.

5Select the notification profile that will use this target.

6From the Security Model pull-down list, select the SNMP version.

7For SNMPv3, select the security level:

„Unsecured—SNMP message exchanges are not secure. This is the default, and is the only value supported for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c. (This security level is the same as the noAuthNoPriv level described in SNMPv3 RFCs.)

„Authenticated—SNMP message exchanges are authenticated but are not encrypted. (This security level is the same as the authNoPriv level described in SNMPv3 RFCs.)

„Encrypted—SNMP message exchanges are authenticated and encrypted. (This security level is the same as the authPriv level described in SNMPv3 RFCs.)

8For SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c, select the SNMP community string.

9For SNMPv2c or SNMPv3, select the notification type:

„Inform—The switch expects to receive acknowledgements from the notification target.

„Trap—The switch does not expect to receive acknowledgements from the notification target.

10To change the acknowledgement settings for informs, specify the following:

a In the Timeout box, specify the number of seconds you want the switch to wait for acknowledgement of a notification. You can specify from 1 to 5 seconds. The default is 2.

b In the Retry Count box, specify the number of times the MSS SNMP engine will resend a notification that has not been acknowledged by the target. You can specify from 0 to 3 retries. The default is 0.

11For SNMPv3, select the USM user.