Configuring The Notification Target User - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring the Notification Target User

Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Configuring the Notification Target User
You must configure a notification target user on the device to send SNMPv3 inform notifications to a
notification host receiver.
Cisco NX-OS uses the credentials of the notification target user to encrypt the SNMPv3 inform notification
messages to the configured notification host receiver.
For authenticating and decrypting the received inform PDU, the notification host receiver should have
Note
the same user credentials as configured in Cisco NX-OS to authenticate and decrypt the informs.
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Command or Action
configure terminal
Example:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)#
snmp-server host ip-address source-interface
if-type if-number [udp_port number]
Example:
switch(config)# snmp-server host
192.0.2.1 source-interface ethernet 2/1
snmp-server source-interface {traps |
informs} if-type if-number
Example:
switch(config)# snmp-server
source-interface traps ethernet 2/1
show snmp source-interface
Example:
switch(config)# show snmp
source-interface
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Configures a host receiver for SNMPv2c traps or
informs. The ip-address can be an IPv4 or IPv6
address. Use ? to determine the supported interface
types. The UDP port number range is from 0 to
65535.
This configuration overrides the global source
interface configuration.
Configures a source interface for sending out
SNMPv2c traps or informs. Use ? to determine
the supported interface types.
Displays information about configured source
interfaces.
Configuring SNMP