Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual page 207

Configuring SNMP
Table 21: AAA Exclusive Behavior Scenarios
User Location
Local user database
Local user database
Local user database
Remote and local user
databases (same
username)
Remote and local user
databases (same
username)
Remote and local user
databases (same
username)
Remote and local user
databases (same
username)
When AAA servers are unreachable, a fallback option can be configured on the server so that a user is
Note
validated against the local user database. The SNMPv3 server returns an error if the user is not available
in the local database. If a user is not present in the remote user database, the SNMPv3 server returns an
"Unknown user" message without checking for the availability of AAA servers.
AAA Server AAA Exclusive Behavior
Disabled Enabled
Enabled Enabled
Enabled Disabled
Enabled Enabled
Disabled Enabled
Disabled Disabled
Enabled Disabled
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SNMPv3
User Authentication
User is authenticated.
User is not authenticated.
User is authenticated.
Remote user is authenticated,
but the local user is not
authenticated.
This works only
Note
when there is
FM/DM concept from
NMS server where it
syncs user credentials
automatically to the
N7k switch which
results in expected
SNMP walk output.
Otherwise, the user
credentials will not
sync to switch and
should be done
manually using
hidden CLI on
switch.
Local user is authenticated,
but the remote user is not
authenticated.
Local user is authenticated,
but the remote user is not
authenticated.
Remote user is authenticated,
but the local user is not
authenticated.
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