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SNMP traps
FIGURE 376
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 49
SNMP credential
type
v1
v2c
v3
v3
856
Event Reception dialog box - Trap Credentials dialog box
Table 49 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 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.
1 2
MD5 or SHA Provides authentication based on
the HMAC-MD5
algorithms.
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or HMAC-SHA
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