Snmp-Agent Local-Engineid - HP E4510-48G Command Reference Manual

An SNMP group defines security model, access right, and so on. A user in this SNMP group has all
these public properties.
Related commands: snmp-agent mib-view, snmp-agent usm-user.
Examples
# Create an SNMP group group1 on an SNMPv3 enabled device, no authentication, no privacy.
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] snmp-agent group v3 group1

snmp-agent local-engineid

Syntax
snmp-agent local-engineid engineid
undo snmp-agent local-engineid
View
System view
Default Level
3: Manage level
Parameters
engineid: Engine ID, an even number of hexadecimal characters, in the range 10 to 64. Its length must
not be an odd number, and the all-zero and all-F strings are invalid.
Description
Use the snmp-agent local-engineid command to configure a local engine ID for an SNMP entity.
Use the undo snmp-agent local-engineid command to restore the default local engine ID.
By default, the engine ID of a device is the combination of company ID and device ID. Device ID varies
by product; it could be an IP address, a MAC address, or a self-defined string of hexadecimal
numbers.
An engine ID has two functions:
For all devices managed by one NMS, each device needs a unique engine ID to identify the
SNMP agent. By default, each device has an engine ID. The network administrator has to ensure
that there is no repeated engine ID within an SNMP domain.
In SNMPv3, the user name and cipher text password are associated with the engine ID. Therefore,
if the engine ID changes, the user name and cipher text password configured under the engine ID
become invalid.
Typically, the device uses its default engine ID. For ease of remembrance, you can set engine IDs for
the devices according to the network planning. For example, if both device 1 and device 2 are on the
first floor of building A, you can set the engine ID of device 1 to 000Af0010001, and that of device 2 to
000Af0010002.
Related commands: snmp-agent usm-user.
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