Reference Guide

Configuring System Information 147
To create an SNMP V3 user, and assign it to a group and view:
1
Click System > SNMP > User Security Model in the tree view to display
the
User Security Model: Summary page.
The currently-defined users and their groups are displayed.
2 To add a user, click Add , and enter the fields:
–
User Name (1-30 Characters) — Enter a new user name.
–
Engine ID — Specifies 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. Select either
Local or Remote . If
Remote is selected, enter the remote engine ID.
–
Group Name — Select from a list of user-defined SNMP groups.
SNMP groups are defined in the
Access Control Group pages.
–
Authentication Method — Select an authentication method used to
authenticate users. The possible options are:
•
None — No user authentication is used.
•
MD5 Key — Users are authenticated using the HMAC-MD5
algorithm.
•
SHA Key — Users are authenticated using the HMAC-SHA-96
authentication level.
–
Authentication Password (1-32 Characters) — If the MD5 Key or
SHA Key authentication method was selected, enter the user-defined
password for a group.
–
Privacy Method — If the MD5 Key or SHA Key authentication
method was selected, enable the DES privacy method or None.
–
Privacy Password (16 Hex Characters) — If the DES privacy method
is selected, enter the user-defined password.