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Chapter 8: Device Management
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3. Select either or both Enable SNMP v1/v2c and Enable SNMP v3. At
least one option must be selected. Required
4. Complete the following fields for SNMP v1/v2c (if needed):
a. Community - the device's community string
b. Community Type - grant either Read-Only or Read-Write access
to the community users
Note: An SNMP community is the group to which devices and
management stations running SNMP belong. It helps define where
information is sent. The community name is used to identify the
group. The SNMP device or agent may belong to more than one
SNMP community.
5. Complete the following fields for SNMP v3 (if needed):
a. Select Use Auth Passphrase if one is needed. If the Privacy
Passphrase is required, the 'Use Auth Passphrase' allows you to
have the same passphrase for both without having to re-enter
the Auth Passphrase.
b. Security Name - the username or service account name of the
entity communicating with the SNMP agent (up to 32 characters)
c. Authentication Protocol - the MD5 or SHA authentication
protocol used by the SNMP v3 agent
d. Authentication Passphrase - the passphrase required to access
the SNMP v3 agent (up to 64 characters)
e. Privacy Protocol - if applicable, the AES or DES algorithm used
to encrypt PDU and context data
f. Privacy Passphrase - the passphrase used to access the privacy
protocol algorithm (up to 64 characters)
6. Click OK to start the SNMP agent service.