Administrator Guide

Parameters
name Enter the name of the user (not to exceed 20 characters), on the host that
connects to the agent.
group_name Enter a text string (up to 20 characters long) as the name of the group. The
following groups are created for mapping to read/write community/security-names
(defaults):
● v1v2creadu — maps to a community with ro permissions.
● 1v2cwriteu — maps to a community rw permissions.
remote ip-
address
Enter the keywords udp-port then the user datagram protocol (UDP) port
number on the remote device. The range is from 0 to 65535. The default is 162.
vrf vrf-name Enter the keywords vrf and then the name of the VRF this is used to connect to
the SNMP server.
NOTE: Use this attribute to specify a VRF name that is used to connect to the
remote host. If no VRF is specified, then the default VRF is used.
udp-port port-
number
Enter the keywords udp-port then the UDP (User Datagram Protocol) port
number on the remote device. The range is from 0 to 65535. The default is 162.
1 | 2c | 3 (OPTIONAL) Enter the security model version number (1, 2c, or 3):
● 1 is the least secure version.
● 3 is the most secure of the security modes.
● 2c allows transmission of informs and counter 64, which allows for integers
twice the width of what is normally allowed.
The default is 1.
encrypted (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword encrypted to specify the password appear in
encrypted format (a series of digits, masking the true characters of the string).
auth (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword auth to specify authentication of a packet
without encryption.
md5 | sha (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword md5 or sha to designate the authentication level.
● md5 — Message Digest Algorithm
● sha — Secure Hash Algorithm
auth-password (OPTIONAL) Enter a text string (up to 20 characters long) password that enables
the agent to receive packets from the host. Minimum: eight characters long.
priv (OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords priv to initiate a privacy authentication level
setting.
des56 | aes128 (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword des56 or aes128 to specify the encryption
mode.
● aes128 — Use 128 bit AES algorithm in CFB mode for encryption.
● des56 — Use 56 bit DES algorithm in CBC mode for encryption.
priv password (OPTIONAL) Enter a text string (up to 20 characters long) password that enables
the host to encrypt the contents of the message it sends to the agent. Minimum:
eight characters long.
access access-
list-name
(Optional) Enter the standard IPv4 access list name (a string up to 16 characters
long).
ipv6 access-list-
name
(Optional) Enter the keyword ipv6 then the IPv6 access list name (a string up to
16 characters long).
access-list-name
ipv6 access-list-
name
(Optional) Enter both an IPv4 and IPv6 access list name.
Defaults As above.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Syslog 1485