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snmp-server group
Command Modes Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines When a community string is configured internally, two groups with the name public are autogenerated,
one for the v1 security model and the other for the v2c security model. Similarly, deleting a community
string will delete a v1 group with the name public and a v2c group with the name public.
Configuring Notify Views
Although the notifyview option allows you to specify a notify view when configuring an SNMP group,
Cisco recommends that you avoid specifying a notify view for these reasons:
• The snmp-server host command autogenerates a notify view for the user and adds it to the group
associated with that user.
• Modifying the group’s notify view affects all users associated with that group.
The notifyview option is available for two reasons:
• If a group has a notify view that is set using SNMP, you might need to change the notify view.
• The snmp-server host command might have been configured before the snmp-server group
command. In this case, you must either reconfigure the snmp-server host command or specify the
appropriate notify view.
Instead of specifying the notify view for a group as part of the snmp-server group command, use the
following commands in global configuration mode:
Working with Passwords and Digests
No default values exist for authentication or privacy algorithms when you configure the command. Also,
no default passwords exist. The minimum length for a password is one character, although Cisco
recommends using eight characters for security. If you forget a password, you cannot recover it and will
need to reconfigure the user. You can specify either a plain-text password or a localized MD5 digest.
The following example shows how to enter a plain-text password for the string arizona2 for user John in
group Johngroup, type the following command line:
snmp-server user John Johngroup v3 auth md5 arizona2
When you enter a show running-config command, you will not see a line for this user. To see if this user
has been added to the configuration, type the show snmp user command.
Release Modification
12.3(4)JA This command was introduced.
Step Command Purpose
Step 1
snmp-server user Configures an SNMP user.
Step 2
snmp-server group Configures an SNMP group without adding a notify
view.
Step 3
snmp-server host Autogenerates the notify view by specifying the recipient
of a trap operation.