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Configuring SNMP
248 AlterPath OnBoard Administrator’s Guide
d. If a view has been configured, select a “Read view” and “Write view”
from the “Security level” pull-down menus.
5. If the v3 version is selected in Step 3, configure users as desired by
clicking the “Add user” button and doing the following steps.
The “User configuration” dialog appears.
a. Click the “Add user” button.
The “User settings” dialog appears.
b. Enter a username in the “User name” field.
c. Select an authentication method from the “Auth method” menu.
d. Enter an optional authentication password in the “Auth pass” field.
e. Select an encryption method from the “Encryption” menu.
f. Enter an optional encryption password in the “Crypt pass” field.
g. Click OK.
6. If the v3 version is selected in Step 3, to configure views, create a view by
doing the following steps.
a. Click the “Edit views” button.
The “Views configuration” dialog appears.
b. Click the “Add View” button.
The “SNMP view settings” dialog appears.
c. Enter a name for the view in the “View name” field.
d. Enter an OID for the object to be viewed in the “OID” field.
e. If desired, enter a Mask to create a OID subtree.
f. If desired, exclude the defined OID subtree by selecting the
“Exclude” option from the left menu.
g. Click OK.
7. If the v3 version is selected in Step 3, to configure the security level, do
the following steps.
a. Select a read view and write view from the “No auth” menus under
the “Read view” and “Write view” columns.