Polycom 7000 manual Edit Notification User Dialog, Add an Snmp Notification Agent

Polycom RealPresence DMA System SNMP Support

Field	Description
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.

4Click OK.

The user displays in the Notification Users list.

Edit Notification User Dialog

The Edit Notification User dialog lets you modify a security user authorized to receive SNMPv3 notifications.

Setting	Description
Security user	The security user name authorized to receive notifications (Traps or Informs).
Authentication type	The authentication protocol. These protocols are used to create unique
	fixed-size message digests of a variable length message.
	Possible values for authentication protocol are:
	• 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
Confirm password	create the authentication key used by the MD5 or SHA message digest.
Encryption type	The privacy protocol for the connection between the DMA system and the
	SNMP agent:
	• 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
Confirm password	encryption key used by the privacy protocol.

Add an SNMP Notification Agent

The Add Notification Agent dialog lets you add an SNMP agent to the system, specifying what kinds of notifications it sends and to whom. To limit the effect on system performance, a maximum of 8 agents may be defined.

To add an SNMP notification agent to the system

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