User guide

204 Configuring System Information
Figure 6-89. User Security Model
• User Name — Contains a list of user-defined user names. The field range is up to 30 alphanumeric
characters.
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Engine ID — Indicates either the local or remote SNMP entity, to which the user is connected.
Changing or removing the local SNMP Engine ID deletes the SNMPv3 User Database.
•
Group Name — Contains a list of user-defined SNMP groups. SNMP groups are defined in the Access
Control Group
page.
•
Authentication Method — The authentication method used to authenticate users. The possible field
values are:
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MD5 Key — Users are authenticated using the HMAC-MD5 algorithm.
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SHA Ke y — Users are authenticated using the HMAC-SHA-96 authentication level.
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MD5 Password — Indicates that HMAC-MD5-96 password is used for authentication. The user
should enter a password.
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SHA Password — Users are authenticated using the HMAC-SHA-96 authentication level.
The user should enter a password.
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None — No user authentication is used.
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Password (0-32 Characters) — Modifies the user-defined password for a group. Passwords can contain
a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters.