User guide

Task 8: Setting up SNMP agent Chapter 6: Configuration and alignment
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Step 1: SNMP configuration (for SNMPv3)
The Step 1: SNMP Configuration page is displayed. Set SNMP State to ‘Enabled’ and set
SNMP Version to ‘v3’. The page is redisplayed with SNMPv3 attributes (Figure 153).
Update the attributes (Table 235), then select Next.
Figure 153 Step 1: SNMP Configuration page (for SNMPv3)
Table 235 Step 1: SNMP Configuration attributes (for SNMPv3)
Attribute Meaning
SNMP State ‘Enabled’ means that the system will generate SNMP traps.
SNMP Access
Control
‘Enabled’ means that access to SNMP is controlled via IP
address. Up to three IP addresses may be entered.
SNMP Version SNMP protocol version v1/2c or v3.
SNMP Security
Mode
‘MIB-based’ means that SNMPv3 security parameters are
managed via SNMP MIBs.
‘Web-based’ means that the SNMPv3 security parameters are not
available over SNMP, but instead are configured using the SNMP
Accounts page, as described in Step 3: SNMP user policy
configuration (for SNMPv3) on page 6-79.
SNMP Engine ID
Format
Specifies whether the Engine ID is generated from the MAC
Address, IP Address or Text String.
SNMP Engine ID
Text
Text used to generate the SNMP Engine ID.Only available when
SNMP Engine ID Format is set to ‘Text String’.