User Information
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Username
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Enter the SNMP v3 user name. You cannot change this
name when editing an SNMP v3 user.
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None
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Letters in the alphabet, the numbers 0 through 9, and
a dash
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No
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Access Privileges
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Select the appropriate access level from the following
list:
Access Privileges:
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ReadOnly
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ReadOnly, ReadWrite
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No
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Host IP Addresses Information
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Accept SNMP Packets From any Host or Accept SNMP
Packets Only from these Hosts
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Select hosts that are allowed to query or access the
configured devices using this community string.
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Accept SNMP Packets From Any Host
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From any host or from only these hosts
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No
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Host IP Address
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Enter the IP address of an SNMP management station
from which SNMP agents accept SNMP packets. Enter the IP
address and click Add to include the IP
address in the list of Host IP Addresses. To remove an
IP address from the list, select the IP address and
click Remove.
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None
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Valid IP address
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No
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Authentication Information
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Authentication Required
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Select to require authentication for this user. This
offers an additional level of security not provided with
SNMP v1 and v2c. The SNMP user only gains access to the
device when using both a valid user name and password.
If authentication is not required, security is no better
with v3 than it would be for SNMP v1/v2c using community
strings.
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Disabled
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Enabled or Disabled
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No
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Password
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Password for the SNMP Version 3 user. This password is
required to accept incoming SNMP v3 packets.
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None
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Any text that follows the security guidelines for passwords.
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No
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Re-enter Password
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Retype the password for this user account to verify
that you typed the password correctly.
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None
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The same text that was entered in the Password
field.
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No
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Protocol
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Choose MD5 or SHA-1 protocols to encrypt the password.
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None
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MD5 or SHA-1
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No
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Privacy Information
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Privacy Required
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Select to require privacy for the SNMP user. Enabling
privacy causes the SNMP message data to be encrypted
during transmission. This provides an additional level
of security over authentication (only) in that it
protects the data, rendering it unreadable by would-be
snoopers while traveling over the wire.
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Disabled
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Enabled or disabled.
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No
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Password
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Password the SNMP user must enter.
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None
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Any text that follows the security guidelines for passwords.
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No
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Re-enter Password
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Re-type the same text entered in the Password
field.
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None
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The same text entered in the Password field.
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No
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Protocol
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Select the protocol to encrypt the user
password.
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None
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3DES, AES-192 , AES-256
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No
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