Configuring The Notification Target User - Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual

Configuring SNMP
Command
switch(config)# snmp-server host ip-address {traps
| informs} version 2c community [udp_port number]
You can configure a host receiver for SNMPv3 traps or informs in a global configuration mode.
Command
switch(config)# snmp-server host ip-address {traps
| informs} version 3 {auth | noauth | priv} username
[udp_port number]
The SNMP manager must know the user credentials (authKey/PrivKey) based on the SNMP engineID of
Note
the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch to authenticate and decrypt the SNMPv3 messages.
The following example shows how to configure a host receiver for an SNMPv1 trap:
switch(config)# snmp-server host 192.0.2.1 traps version 1 public
The following example shows how to configure a host receiver for an SNMPv2 inform:
switch(config)# snmp-server host 192.0.2.1 informs version 2c public
The following example shows how to configure a host receiver for an SNMPv3 inform:
switch(config)# snmp-server host 192.0.2.1 informs version 3 auth NMS

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.
The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch uses the credentials of the notification target user to encrypt the SNMPv3
inform notification messages to the configured notification host receiver.
Note For authenticating and decrypting the received INFORM PDU, The notification host receiver should have
the same user credentials as configured in the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch to authenticate and decrypt
the informs.
Command
switch(config)# snmp-server user name [auth {md5
| sha} passphrase [auto] [priv [aes-128] passphrase]
[engineID id]
OL-16597-01
Configuring the Notification Target User
Purpose
Configures a host receiver for SNMPv2c traps or
informs. The community can be any alphanumeric
string up to 255 characters. The UDP port number
range is from 0 to 65535.
Purpose
Configures a host receiver for SNMPv2c traps or
informs. The username can be any alphanumeric
string up to 255 characters. The UDP port number
range is from 0 to 65535.
Purpose
Configures the notification target user with the
specified engine ID for notification host receiver. The
engineID format is a 12-digit colon-separated
hexadecimal number.
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