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Chapter 19: SNMPv3
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Section IV: SNMPv3
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SNMPv3 User
Table
The Configure SNMPv3 User Table menu allows you to create an 
SNMPv3 user and provides the options of configuring authentication and 
privacy protocols. With the SNMPv3 protocol, users are authenticated 
when they send and receive messages. In addition, you can configure a 
privacy protocol and password so messages a user sends and receives 
are encrypted. The DES privacy algorithm uses the privacy password and 
the Engine ID to generate a key that is used for encryption. Lastly, you can 
configure a storage type for this table entry which allows you to save this 
user and its related configuration to flash memory.
SNMPv3 View
Table
The Configure SNMPv3 View Table menu allows you to create a view of 
the MIB OID Table. First, you configure a view of a subtree. Then you 
have the option of configuring a Subtree Mask that further refines the 
subtree view. For example, you can use a Subtree Mask to restrict a 
user’s view to one row of the MIB OID Table. In addition, you can chose to 
include or exclude a view. As a result, you can let a user see a particular 
view or prevent a user from seeing a particular view. Lastly, you can 
configure a storage type for this table entry which allows you to save this 
view to flash memory.
SNMPv3 Access
Table
The Configure SNMPv3 Access Table menu allows you to configure a 
security group. After you create a security group, you assign a set of users 
with the same access privileges to this group using the SNMPv3 
SecurityToGroup Table. Consider the types of groups you want to create 
and the types of access privileges each group will have. In this way, you 
can more easily keep track of your users as belonging to one or two 
groups.
For each group, you can assign read, write, and notify views of the MIB 
table. The views you assign here have been previously defined in the 
Configure SNMPv3 View Table menu. For example, the Read View allows 
group members to view the specified portion of the OID MIB table. The 
Write View allows group members to write to, or modify, the MIBs in the 
specified MIB view. The Notify View allows group members to send trap 
messages defined by the MIB view. Lastly, you can configure a storage 
type for this table entry which allows you to save this view to flash 
memory.
SNMPv3
SecurityToGroup
Table
The Configure SNMPv3 SecurityToGroup Table menu allows you to 
associate a User Name with a security group called a Group Name. The 
User Name is previously configured with the Configure SNMPv3 User 
Table menu. The security group is previously configured with the 
Configure SNMPv3 Access Table menu. Lastly, you can configure a 
storage type for this table entry which allows you to save the entry to flash 
memory.