Polycom 3725-76302-001O manual Add an Snmp Notification User, To add a notification user

Polycom RealPresence DMA System SNMP Support

Setting	Description
V3 Local Engine Id	For SNMPv3 only.
	Displays the RealPresence DMA system contextEngineID for SNMPv3.
Security User	For SNMPv3 only.
	Specifies the security name required to access a monitored MIB object.
	This name cannot be snmpuser.

3Click Update.

Add an SNMP Notification User

The Add Notification User dialog box lets you add a security user authorized to receive notifications. For SNMPv3 notifications, a security user is required. When you add a notification agent, you select a security user from the list of notification users that have been added.

Notification users aren’t needed or used for SNMPv2c.

To add a notification user

1Go to Admin > Local Cluster > SNMP Settings.

2Click Add User.

3Configure the following settings in the Add Notification User dialog box.

Field	Description
Security user	The user name of the security user authorized to actively retrieve SNMP data.
Authentication type	The authentication protocol used to create unique fixed-sized message digests of a
	variable length message.
	The RealPresence DMA system implements communication with authentication and
	privacy (the authPriv security level, as defined in the USM MIB).
	Authentication type options:
	• MD5–Creates a digest of 128 bits (16 bytes)
	• SHA–Creates a digest of 160 bits (20 bytes)
	Both methods include the authentication key with the SNMPv3 packet and then
	generate a digest of the entire SNMPv3 packet.
Authentication password	The authentication password that’s used, together with the local engine ID, to create
Confirm password	the authentication key included in the MD5 or SHA message digest.
Encryption type	The privacy protocol for the connection between the RealPresence DMA system and
	the SNMP agent.
	Encryption type options:
	• No encryption
	• DES–Uses a 56-bit key with a 56-bit salt to encrypt the SNMPv3 packet
	• AES–Uses a 128-bit key with a 128-bit salt to encrypt the SNMPv3 packet
Encryption password	The password that’s used, together with the local engine ID, to create the encryption
Confirm password	key used by the privacy protocol.
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