WebView Switches

Defining SNMP Group Members

The Group Membership screen enables assigning system users to SNMP groups, as well as defining the user authentication method.

The Group Membership screen contains the following fields:

User Name. Contains a list of user-defined user names. The field range is up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

Group Name. Contains a list of user-defined SNMP groups. SNMP groups are defined in the Access Control Group page.

Engine ID. Indicates either the local or remote SNMP entity, to which the user is connected. Changing or removing the local SNMP Engine ID deletes the SNMPv3 User Database.

Local - Indicates that the user is connected to a local SNMP entity.

Remote - Indicates that the user is connected to a remote SNMP entity. If the Engine ID is defined, remote devices receive inform messages.

Authentication. Indicates the authentication method used to authenticate users. The possible field values are:

MD5 Key- Indicates users are authenticated using the HMAC-MD5 algorithm.

SHA Key - Indicates users are authenticated using the HMAC-SHA-96 authentication level.

MD5 Password - Indicates that HMAC-MD5-96 password is used for authentication. The user should enter a password.

SHA Password - Indicates that users are authenticated using the HMAC-SHA-96 authentication level. The user should enter a password.

None - Indicates that no user authentication is used.

Chapter 5: Using the Web-based Utility for Configuration

Figure 5-72: SNMP - Group Membership

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