Reference Guide

• 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: 8 characters long.
priv des56 (OPTIONAL) Enter the keywords priv des56 to initiate a
privacy authentication level setting using the CBC-DES
privacy authentication algorithm (des56).
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: 8 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 followed by 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.
Command
Modes
CONFIGURATION
Command
History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Syslog
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