Technical Configuration Guide for SNMP

v2.0

December 2006

Table of Contents

1.

SNMPV3 OVERVIEW

5

2.

SNMP UPGRADE CONSIDERATIONS

6

 

2.1

HIDDEN FILE DETAILS

6

3.

BLOCKING SNMP

7

 

3.1

BLOCKING SNMPV1/2 ONLY

7

 

3.2

BLOCKING SNMP VIA AN ACCESS POLICY PRIOR TO SOFTWARE RELEASE 3.7.9 OR 4.1

7

 

3.3

SNMP GROUP ACCESS POLICY – RELEASE 3.7.9, 4.1 OR HIGHER

9

 

3.4

NEW DEFAULT COMMUNITY STRINGS IN HIGH SECURE (HSECURE) MODE

19

4.

SNMP SETTINGS

20

5.

SNMP WITH RADIUS AUTHENTICATION AND ACCOUNTING

22

6.

CONFIGURING SNMPV3

23

 

6.1

LOADING THE DES OR AES ENCRYPTION MODULE

23

 

6.2

ADDING A NEW SNMPV3 USER TO USM TABLE

23

 

6.3

ASSIGN USM USER TO USM GROUP

24

 

6.4

ASSIGNING THE USM GROUP ACCESS LEVEL

25

 

6.5

ASSIGNING THE MIB VIEW TO THE USM GROUP

26

 

6.6

CREATING A MIB VIEW

27

7.

CONFIGURATION EXAMPLE: CHANGING SNMP COMMUNITIES

28

 

7.1

CONFIGURATION EXAMPLE: SNMP COMMUNITIES WITH RELEASE 3.5

28

7.2CONFIGURATION EXAMPLE: CHANGING THE DEFAULT SNMP COMMUNITY NAME WITH

RELEASE 3.7 OR 4.1

29

7.3CONFIGURATION EXAMPLE: ADDING A NEW SNMP COMMUNITY TO AN EXISTING SNMP

GROUP MEMBER

29

7.4

TESTING SNMP USING DEVICE MANAGER

32

7.5

CONFIGURATION EXAMPLE: CHANGING THE MIB VIEW FOR AN SNMPV1/2 COMMUNITY

32

8. CONFIGURATION EXAMPLE USING SNMPV3

34

8.1

TESTING SNMPV3 USING DEVICE MANAGER

35

9. SOFTWARE BASELINE:

36

10.

REFERENCE DOCUMENTATION:

37

11. APPENDIX A: CONFIGURATION FILES

38

11.1

FROM CONFIGURATION EXAMPLE 7.5

38

11.2

FROM CONFIGURATION EXAMPLE 8

38

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