Symmetricom 1000 Changing a User’s Security Parameters, Displaying the Connected Users, Snmp

Chapter 4 Provisioning the TimeProvider

Provisioning SNMP Parameters

Autonomous Message

TP-SSU 03-05-15 09-59-09 A 1166 REPT EVT EQPT

“IMC,EQPT:FEATURE,TC,03-05-15 09-59-09,,,,:\”System Feature has been enabled\””

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Adding a User

You use the Enter User Security command to add an SNMP user to the TimeProvider:

Changing A User’s Security Parameters

You use the Edit User Security command to change the security parameters, such as authentication protocol, authentication password, and privacy password.

Displaying the Connected Users

You use the Retrieve User Security command to view the users connected to the TimeProvider.

Deleting a User

You use the Delete User Security command to delete TL1 and SNMP users from the TimeProvider.

Setting Up SNMP Traps, Informs, and Notifications

You can set up to five users to send out a trap, and up to five managers to receive the trap. You must also set up the timeout and retrry parameters for each user/manager.

SNMP v1

To set up Traps, create an SNMP v1 community using the ENT-USER-SECU command. Add a MGRx and SENDERx using the ED-EQPT command. There is no Inform capability in SNMP v1. The engineid parameter in the ENT-USER-SECU command is ignored; the IFTOUTx and IFRETRYx parameters are not used.

SNMP v2C

To set up Notifications, create an SNMP v2C community using the ENT-USER-SECU command. Add a MGRx and SENDERx using the ED-EQPT command. Set the IFTOUTx and IFRETRYx parameters to 0.

To set up Informs, create an SNMP v2C community using the ENT-USER-SECU command. Add a MGRx and SENDERx using the ED-EQPT command. Set the IFTOUTx and IFRETRYx parameters to a nonzero value.

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