Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B User Manual page 1033

By default, the Management application receives SNMP v1 and v2c traps from Brocade IP products
that have any SNMP community strings. You can accept or restrict SNMP v1 and v2c traps by
selecting one of the following check boxes in the Event Reception dialog box:
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The Management application can receive SNMP v1 traps from Brocade SAN switches and directors
that have any SNMP community strings. It can receive SNMP v3 traps and informs from these SAN
products.
The
you make your SNMP credentials configuration decisions.
TABLE 85
SNMP credential
type
v1
v2c
v3
v3
v3
For information about how to configure SNMP credentials, refer to
on page 986 or
Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual
53-1002696-01
Do not accept SNMP v1/v2c traps
Use this option to turn off receiving SNMP v1 and v2c traps. If selected, the Management
application will not receive any SNMP v1 and v2c traps.
Accept SNMP v1/v2c traps with any community string
Use this option to turn on receiving SNMP v1 and v2c traps with any community string.
Accept SNMP v1/v2c traps with only these community strings
Use this option to turn on receiving SNMP v1 and v2c traps with only the specified
community strings.
Table 85 explains the combinations of security and authentication, which will help you when
SNMP security and authentication
Privacy protocol
No authentication
No privacy protocol
No authentication
No privacy protocol
No authentication
No privacy protocol
Authentication
No privacy protocol
Authentication
Privacy protocol
"Adding an SNMP v1 or v2c community string"
Authentication Result
Community string Uses a community string to match
for authentication.
Community string Uses a community string to match
for authentication.
User name Uses a user name to match for
authentication.
MD5 or SHA Provides authentication based on
the HMAC-MD5 (Message Digest
Algorithm) or HMAC-SHA algorithms
(Secure Hash Algorithm).
MD5 or SHA Provides authentication based on
the HMAC-MD or HMAC-SHA
algorithms (Hash-based Message
Authentication).
Provides privacy based on CBC_DES
(Cipher Block Chaining) or
CFB_AES_128 (Cipher Feedback).
"Adding an SNMP v3 credential"
on page 987.
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SNMP traps
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