Configuring for Network Management Applications
Using SNMP Tools To Manage the Switch
SNMPv3 Enable
The snmpv3 enable command starts a dialog that performs three functions:
enabling the switch to receive SNMPv3 messages, configuring the initial users,
and, optionally, to restrict non version-3 messages to “read only”. Figure
13-1
shows and example of this dialog.
Note : For most SNMPv3 management software to be able to create new users, they
SNMP
must have an initial user record clone. These records can be downgraded,
Ve rsion 3
(given fewer features), but not upgraded with new features added. For this
Initial Users
reason HP recommends that you create a second user with SHA and DES at
when you enable SNMPv3
Enable
Create initial user models for SNMPv3
management applications.
Set restriction on
non-SNMPv3 messages.
Figure 13-1. Example of SNMP version 3 Enable Command
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