User guide

PTP 800 Series User Guide Task 8: Setting up SNMP agent
phn-2513_004v000 (Oct 2012)
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Table 237 Step 3: SNMP User Policy Configuration attributes (for SNMPv3)
Attribute Meaning
Security Level Defines the security level and associated protocols that are
required to allow SNMP users to access the system.
‘No Auth No Priv’ means that users are not required to use
authentication or privacy protocols.
‘Auth No Priv’ means that users are required to use only
authentication protocols.
‘Auth Priv’ means that users are required to use both
authentication and privacy protocols.
Authentication
Protocol
The authentication protocol to be used to access the system via
SNMP. This is disabled when Security Level is set to
‘No Auth No Priv’.
‘MD5’ means Message Digest Algorithm.
‘SHA’ means NIST FIPS 180-1, Secure Hash Algorithm
SHA-1.
Privacy Protocol The privacy protocol to be used to access the system via SNMP.
This is disabled when Security Level is set to ‘No Auth No Priv’
or ‘Auth No Priv’.
‘DES’ means Data Encryption Standard (DES) symmetric
encryption protocol.
‘AES’ means Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher
algorithm.
A user configured to use AES privacy protocol will not be
able to transmit and receive encrypted messages unless the
license key enables the AES capability.