GS700TS Smart Switch Software Administration Manual

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The SNMPv3 Engine ID screen contains the following fields:

Local Engine ID (10-64 Hex Characters) – Enter the local device Engine ID. The field value is a hexadecimal string. Each byte in hexadecimal character strings is two hexadecimal digits. The Engine ID must be defined before SNMPv3 is enabled.

Use Default – Check the box to use the device-generated Engine ID. The default Engine ID is based on the device MAC address and is defined per standard as:

First 4 octets – Indicates first bit = 1, the other 3 represent the IANA Enterprise number.

Fifth octet – Set to 3 to indicates the MAC address that follows.

Last 6 octets – Represents the MAC address of the device.

2.Specify the Local Engine ID field or check Use Default to use the device-generated Engine ID (Checking Use Default will override any entry in the Local Engine ID field).

3.Click APPLY to update the device.

View Name

The SNMPv3 View Name screen allows network managers to define SNMPv3 View Names. SNMPv3 views provide or block access to device features or portions of features.

To define SNMPv3 view names:

1.Click System > SNMP > SNMPv3 > View Name. The SNMPv3 View Name screen displays:

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