Chapter 16 Remote Management Screens

16.5.1 SNMPv3 User Profile

Use this screen to configure the SNMPv3 profile. Click Configure SNMPv3 User Profile in the REMOTE MGMT > SNMP screen, the following screen displays.

Figure 117 Remote Management: SNMPv3 User Profile

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 58 Remote Management: SNMPv3 User Profile

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

SNMPv3Admin

 

 

 

Enable

Click this to activate the security settings for this Admin account.

SNMPv3Admin

 

 

 

User Name

Enter the name you want to use for authentication with managers

 

using SNMP v3.

 

 

Password

Enter the password for the user name.

 

 

Confirm

Retype the password for verification.

Password

 

 

 

Access Type

The default value for this is Set.

 

This allows the manager to set values for object variables

 

within an agent.

 

 

Authentication

Select an authentication algorithm. MD5 (Message Digest 5) and

Protocol

SHA (Secure Hash Algorithm) are hash algorithms used to

 

authenticate SNMP data. SHA authentication is generally considered

 

stronger than MD5, but is slower.

 

 

 

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