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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)
• Engine ID – The engine identifier for the SNMP agent on the remote
device where the remote user resides. Note that the remote engine
identifier must be specified before you configure a remote user. (See
“Specifying a Remote Engine ID” on page 3-59.)
• Remote IP – The Internet address of the remote device where the user
resides.
• Security Model – The user security model; SNMP v1, v2c or v3.
(Default: v1)
• Security Level – The security level used for the user:
- noAuthNoPriv – There is no authentication or encryption used in
SNMP communications. (This is the default for SNMPv3.)
- 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 Protocol – The method used for user authentication.
(Options: MD5, SHA; Default: MD5)
• Authentication Password – A minimum of eight plain text characters
is required.
• Privacy Protocol – The encryption algorithm use for data privacy; only
56-bit DES is currently available.
• Privacy Password – A minimum of eight plain text characters is
required.