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Management > Access Control > SNMP > User
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 135 Management > Access Control > SNMP > User
L ABEL DESC RIPT IO N
User Information
Note: Use the username and password of the login accounts you specify in this
Username Specify the username of a login account on the Switch.
Security Level Select whether you want to implement authentication and/or encryption for SNMP
communication from this user. Choose:
•
no a uth
equivalent to the Get, Set and Trap Community in SNMP v2c. This is the lowest security
level.
•
a uth
•
priv
This is the highest security level.
Note: The settings on the SNMP manager must be set at the same security level or
Authentication Select an authentication algorithm.
are hash algorithms used to authenticate SNMP data. SHA authentication is generally
considered stronger than MD5, but is slower.
Password Enter the password of up to 32 ASCII characters for SNMP user authentication.
Privacy Specify the encryption method for SNMP communication from this user. You can choose one
of the following:
•
DES
encryption. It applies a 56-bit key to each 64-bit block of data.
•
AES
uses a secret key. AES applies a 128-bit key to 128-bit blocks of data.
Password Enter the password of up to 32 ASCII characters for encrypting SNMP packets.
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screen to create accounts on the SNMP v3 manager.
– to use the username as the password string to send to the SNMP manager. This is
– to implement an authentication algorithm for SNMP messages sent by this user.
– to implement authentication and encryption for SNMP messages sent by this user.
higher than the security level settings on the Switch.
– Data Encryption Standard is a widely used (but breakable) method of data
– Advanced Encryption Standard is another method for data encryption that also
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(Message Digest 5) and
MD5
(Secure Hash Algorithm)
SHA