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A local engine ID is automatically generated that is unique to the switch. This is
referred to as the default engine ID. If the local engineID is deleted or changed, all
SNMP users will be cleared. You will need to reconfigure all existing users.
Web – Click SNMP, SNMPv3, Engine ID. Enter an ID of up to 26 hexadecimal
characters and then click Save.
Figure 3-25 Setting the SNMPv3 Engine ID
CLI – This example sets an SNMPv3 engine ID.
Configuring SNMPv3 Users
Each SNMPv3 user is defined by a unique name. Users must be configured with a
specific security level and assigned to a group. The SNMPv3 group restricts users to
a specific read and a write view.
Command Attributes
• User Name – The name of user connecting to the SNMP agent. (Range: 1-32
characters)
• Group Name – The name of the SNMP group to which the user is assigned.
(Range: 1-32 characters)
• Model – The user security model; SNMP v1, v2c or v3.
• Level – The security level used for the user:
- noAuthNoPriv – There is no authentication or encryption used in SNMP
communications.
- AuthNoPriv – SNMP communications use authentication, but the data is not
encrypted (only available for the SNMPv3 security model).
- AuthPriv – SNMP communications use both authentication and encryption (only
available for the SNMPv3 security model).
• Authentication – The method used for user authentication; MD5 or SHA
Console(config)#snmp-server engine-id local 12345abcdef 4-119
Console(config)#exit
Console#show snmp engine-id 4-119
Local SNMP engineID: 12345abcdef000000000000000
Local SNMP engineBoots: 1
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