Engine Identifier - Supermicro SSE-G24-TG4 Configuration Manual

SNMP Configuration Guide
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1.6.1 Engine Identifier

The SNMP Engine Identifier is a unique identifier for the SNMP agent in a switch. It is used with a
hashing function in the agent to generate keys for authentication and encryption. Hence after any
change in the Engine Identifier, the following must be re-configured:
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Follow the steps below to configure the SNMP Engine Identifier.
Step Command
Step 1 configure terminal
Step 2 snmp engineid <EngineIdentifier>
Step 3
end
Step 4 show snmp engineID
Step 5
write startup-config
The example below shows the commands used to configure the SNMP Engine Identifier.
SMIS# configure terminal
SMIS(config)# snmp engineid 80.00.08.1c.44.44
SMIS(config)# end
SMIS# show snmp engineid
EngineId: 80.00.08.1c.44.44
Description
Enters the configuration mode
Configures the SNMP Engine Identifier.
EngineIdentifier- Hexadecimal number,
with length between 5 and 32 octets.
Each octet should be separated by a
period.
Exits the configuration mode.
Displays the SNMP engine Identifier
information.
Optional step – saves this SNMP
configuration to be part of the startup
configuration.
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