Defining Snmp Communities - Cisco Small Business 200 Series Administration Manual

SNMP

Defining SNMP Communities

- Remote IP Address—User is connected to a different SNMP entity besides the local device. If the
remote Engine ID is defined, remote devices receive inform messages, but cannot make requests
for information.
Enter the remote engine ID.
• Group Name—Select the SNMP group to which the SNMP user belongs. SNMP groups are defined
in the Add Group page.
Users, who belong to groups which have been deleted, remain, but they are inactive.
NOTE
• Authentication Method—Select the Authentication method that varies according to the Group Name
assigned. If the group does not require authentication, then the user cannot configure any
authentication. The options are:
- None—No user authentication is used.
- MD5—A password that is used for generating a key by the MD5 authentication method.
- SHA—A password that is used for generating a key by the SHA (Secure Hash Algorithm)
authentication method.
• Authentication Password—If authentication is accomplished by either a MD5 or a SHA password,
enter the local user password in either Encrypted or Plaintext. Local user passwords are compared to
the local database. and can contain up to 32 ASCII characters.
• Privacy Method—Select one of the following options:
- None—Privacy password is not encrypted.
- DES—Privacy password is encrypted according to the Data Encryption Standard (DES).
• Privacy Password—16 bytes are required (DES encryption key) if the DES privacy method was
selected. This field must be exactly 32 hexadecimal characters. The Encrypted or Plaintext mode can
be selected.
STEP 4
Defining SNMP Communities
Access rights in SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 are managed by defining communities in the Communities page.
The community name is a type of shared password between the SNMP management station and the
device. It is used to authenticate the SNMP management station.
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Click Apply to save the settings.
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