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Chapter 5
Setup and Configuration
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170 Adding an SNMP User
• Must have at least one alphabetic character and one number. Special characters are permitted.
• Must not have more than 3 continuously incrementing or decrementing numbers. For example,
Sub123 and Sub19826 are permitted, but Sub12345 is not.
An alarm will generate if a weak password is configured. The weak password alarm can be
disabled by the user. For more information about disabling alarms, refer to Section 4.4, “Managing
Alarms”.
3. Configure the following parameter(s) as required:
Parameter Description
Name Synopsis: Any 32 characters
Default: initial
The name of the user. This user name also represents the security name that maps this
user to the security group.
IP Address Synopsis: ###.###.###.### where ### ranges from 0 to 255
The IP address of the user's SNMP management station. If IP address is configured,
SNMP requests from that user will be verified by IP address as well. SNMP
Authentication trap will be generated to trap receivers if request was received from this
user, but from any other IP address.If IP address is empty, traps can not be generated to
this user, but SNMP requests will be served for this user from any IP address.
v1/v2c Community Synopsis: Any 32 characters
The community string which is mapped by this user/security name to the security group
if security model is SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c. If this string is left empty, it will be assumed to
be equal to the same as user name.
Auth Protocol Synopsis: { noAuth, HMACMD5 }
Default: noAuth
An indication of whether messages sent on behalf of this user to/from SNMP engine,
can be authenticated, and if so, the type of authentication protocol which is used.
Priv Protocol Synopsis: { noPriv, CBC-DES }
Default: noPriv
An Indication of whether messages sent on behalf of this user to/from SNMP engine can
be protected from disclosure, and if so, the type of privacy protocol which is used.
Auth Key Synopsis: 31 character ASCII string
The secret authentication key (password) that must be shared with SNMP client. If the
key is not an emtpy string, it must be at least 6 characters long.
Confirm Auth Key Synopsis: 31 character ASCII string
The secret authentication key (password) that must be shared with SNMP client. If the
key is not an emtpy string, it must be at least 6 characters long.
Priv Key Synopsis: 31 character ASCII string
The secret encription key (password) that must be shared with SNMP client. If the key is
not an emtpy string, it must be at least 6 characters long.
Confirm Priv Key Synopsis: 31 character ASCII string
The secret encription key (password) that must be shared with SNMP client. If the key is
not an emtpy string, it must be at least 6 characters long.
4. Click Apply.