Specifications

Installation and Operation Manual Chapter 4 Configuration
IPmux-24 Ver. 1.5 Configuring IPmux-24 for Management 4-7
Configuring the SNMP Engine ID
Engine ID is an alphanumeric string used for identification of the IPmux-24 agent
in the SNMPv3 environment. The engine ID must be unique to allow the user to
query the SNMP engine. It must be defined prior to enabling SNMPv3
functionality. The length of the string is up to 27 characters.
³ To define the SNMP engine ID:
• From the SNMP Engine ID menu (Configuration > System > Management >
SNMP Engine ID), select Rest Bytes and define the value of the engine ID
section reserved for user SNMP engine identification.
The value is automatically translated in hexadecimal format and displayed
in the read-only Engine ID field.
Configuration>System> Management>SNMP Engine ID
Engine ID ... (800000a40400000000)
Engine ID Config Type > (Text)
1. Rest Bytes ... ()
>
ESC-prev.menu; !-main menu; &-exit 1 M/ 1 C
Figure 4-7. SNMP Engine ID Menu
Enabling SNMPv3
³ To enable SNMPv3:
1. From the Management menu (Configuration > System > Management), select
SNMPv3 to enable the SNMPv3 entity.
The SNMPv3 Settings line is added to the Management menu.
2. From the Management menu, select SNMPv3 Settings.
The SNMPv3 Settings menu is displayed.
The SNMPv3 Settings menu includes the following information:
 Engine Boots (The number of times that the SNMP engine has reinitialized
since its identification was last configured.)
 Engine Time (The number of seconds since the last SNMP engine boot)
 SNMP Message Size (The maximum length of an SNMP message (in
octets) that the SNMP engine can send or receive and process.)