Sun Microsystems SL500 User Manual

SNMP Configuration and Usage Tasks

302 SL500 User’s Guide • July 2008

Revision: KA • 96116

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Add SNMP Users

Use this procedure to add an SNMP user. 

The indexed SNMP users list is displayed at the bottom of the screen. There can be a 

maximum of 20 users.

Version

Version of the SNMP standard. The SL500 library supports: 

■

SNMPv2c of the simple network management protocol for 

machine status queries. With this version, any information 

transmitted is not secure.

■

SNMPv3 of the simple network management protocol is 

reserved for proprietary information. Because this version 

supports encryption and stronger user identification it is 

the preferred protocol for proprietary data.

Community (v2c 

only)

Applications use community strings for access control. The 

manager includes the community string in its SNMP 

messages to an agent. The agent consequently can accept or 

reject the operation. This can be a maximum of 31 

alphanumeric characters.

UserName (v3 

only)

SNMP user ID.

Auth (v3 only)

Authentication protocol type (MD5 or SHA) string for users 

and hosts receiving traps. One of the two primary SNMPv3 

security protocols designed to reliably identify the integrity 

of the originating party.

AuthPass (v3 

only)

Authentication password of the user.

Priv (v3 only)

Privacy protocol type (DES or AES): The other two primary 

SNMPv3 security protocols are designed to protect 

information within the message from disclosure.

PrivPass (v3 only)

Encryption Password that is the private key for encryption.