Chapter 40 Access Control

Table 129

Management > Access Control > SNMP (continued)

LABEL

 

DESCRIPTION

Privacy

 

Specify the encryption method for SNMP communication from this user.

 

 

You can choose one of the following:

 

 

DES - Data Encryption Standard is a widely used (but breakable)

 

 

method of data encryption. It applies a 56-bit key to each 64-bit

 

 

block of data.

 

 

AES - Advanced Encryption Standard is another method for data

 

 

encryption that also uses a secret key. AES applies a 128-bit key to

 

 

128-bit blocks of data.

 

 

 

Apply

 

Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The

 

 

Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the

 

 

Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non-

 

 

volatile memory when you are done configuring.

 

 

 

Cancel

 

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

 

40.3.5 Configuring SNMP Trap Group

From the SNMP screen, click Trap Group to view the screen as shown. Use the Trap Group screen to specify the types of SNMP traps that should be sent to each SNMP manager.

Figure 206 Management > Access Control > SNMP > Trap Group

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 130 Management > Access Control > SNMP > Trap Group

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Trap

Select one of your configured trap destination IP addresses. These are

Destination IP

the IP addresses of the SNMP managers. You must first configure a trap

 

destination IP address in the SNMP Setting screen.

 

Use the rest of the screen to select which traps the Switch sends to that

 

SNMP manager.

 

 

Type

Select the categories of SNMP traps that the Switch is to send to the

 

SNMP manager.

 

 

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