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Using SNMP
SNMPEngineBoots can also be configured from the command line. SNMPEngineBoots can be set to any
desired value but will latch on its maximum, 2147483647. To set the SNMPEngineBoots, use the
following command:
configure snmpv3 engine-boots <(1-2147483647)>
Users, Groups, and Security
SNMPv3 controls access and security using the concepts of users, groups, security models, and security
levels.
Users. Users are created by specifying a user name. Depending on whether the user will be using
authentication and/or privacy, you would also specify an authentication protocol (MD5 or SHA) with
password or key, and/or privacy (DES) password or key. To create a user, use the following command:
configure snmpv3 add user {hex} <user_name> {authentication [md5 | sha] [hex
<hex_auth_password> | <auth_password>]} {privacy [hex <hex_priv_password> |
<priv_password>]} {volatile}
A number of default, permanent users are initially available. The default user names are: admin, initial,
initialmd5, initialsha, initialmd5Priv, initialshaPriv. The default password for admin is password. For the
other default users, the default password is the user name.
To display information about a user, or all users, use the following command:
show snmpv3 user {{hex} <user_name>}
To delete a user, use the following command:
configure snmpv3 delete user [all-non-defaults | {hex} <user_name>]
NOTE
The SNMPv3 specifications describe the concept of a security name. In the ExtremeWare XOS
implementation, the user name and security name are identical. In this manual, both terms are used to
refer to the same thing.
Groups. Groups are used to manage access for the MIB. You use groups to define the security model,
the security level, and the portion of the MIB that members of the group can read or write. To
underscore the access function of groups, groups are defined using the following command:
configure snmpv3 add access {hex} <group_name> {sec-model [snmpv1 | snmpv2 | usm]}
{sec-level [noauth | authnopriv | authpriv]} {read-view {hex} <view_name>} {write-view
{hex} <view_name>} {notify-view {hex} <view_name>} {volatile}
The security model and security level are discussed in "Security Models and Levels" on page 44. The
view names associated with a group define a subset of the MIB (subtree) that can be accessed by
members of the group. The read view defines the subtree that can be read, write view defines the
subtree that can be written to, and notify view defines the subtree that notifications can originate from.
MIB views are discussed in "MIB Access Control" on page 44.
A number of default (permanent) groups are already defined. These groups are: admin, initial, v1v2c_ro,
v1v2c_rw. To display information about the access configuration of a group or all groups, use the
following command:
show snmpv3 access {{hex} <group_name>}
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