Configuring User Authentication - Nortel BES50GE-12T PWR User Manual

Variable
Trap Manager Capability
Current
Trap Manager IP Address
Trap Manager Community
String
Trap UDP Port
Trap Version
Trap Security Level
Trap Inform
Configuring user authentication
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Value
The number of trap managers supported by the BES50.
List of currently configured trap managers.
Type the IP address of a new management station to receive
notification messages.
Specify a valid community string for the new trap manager entry.
(Range: 1 to 32 characters, case-sensitive)
Nortel recommends that you define this string in the SNMP
Configuratino page for version 1 or 2c clients, or define a
corresponding user name in the SNMPv3 Users page for
version 3 clients.
The UDP port number used by the trap manager.
Select the SNMP version. (Default: 1)
For trap version 3, specify one of the following security levels.
(Default: noAuthNoPriv)
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noAuthNoPriv—SNMP communications do not use
authentication or encryption.
• AuthNoPriv—SNMP communications use authentication, but
the data is not encrypted (only available for the SNMPv3
security model).
• AuthPriv—SNMP communications use both authentication
and encryption (only available for the SNMPv3 security
model).
For version 2c and 3 hosts, notifications are sent as inform
messages. (Default: traps are used)
• Timeout—The number of seconds to wait for an
acknowledgment before resending an inform message.
(Range: 0 to 2147483647 centiseconds)
• Retry times—The maximum number of times to resend an
inform message if the recipient does not acknowledge receipt.
(Range: 0 to 255)
Use "Configuring user accounts" (page 30)
management access rights for users.
Using the Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 50 Series
NN47924-301 01.01 Standard
1.00 October 2006
Configuring user authentication
ATTENTION
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