Black Box ET0010A User Manual

ETEP Configuration

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The engine ID is a unique local identifier for the SNMP agent in the ETEP. The ETEP automatically 
generates its own engine ID upon startup, or you can manually enter an engine ID seed that the ETEP 
will use to generate the engine ID. 

Each ETEP must have a unique engine ID. Duplicate engine IDs can cause SNMP errors. To prevent 
duplicate IDs, we recommend letting the ETEP generate its own pseudo-random ID. To use the ETEP-
generated seed, leave the Engine ID field blank. 

If you manually enter an engine ID seed, be sure to use a different seed for each ETEP. Manually entered 
engine ID seeds must conform to the following conventions:

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The engine ID seed is a string from 1-256 characters. 

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Valid values in include upper and lower case alpha characters (a-z), numbers 0-9, spaces, and most 
printable keyboard characters. 

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The following characters are not allowed: < > ” & 

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The ETEP’s engine ID uniquely identifies the SNMP entity in that ETEP. The ETEP’s engine ID must 
also be configured on every trap host before traps can be authenticated and processed by the trap host.

Using ETEMS, you can retrieve and display the ETEP engine ID. ETEMS can export the engine IDs to a 
text file. Alternatively, the SNMP engine ID can be viewed from the CLI by issuing the show running-
config command.

To retrieve engine IDs:
1 In the Appliance Manager, select the target appliances in the Appliances view. ETEMS can retrieve 

the engine IDs from multiple appliances in a single operation.

2 On  the  View menu, click SNMPv3 Engine Ids. The engine IDs are displayed (see 

3 To export the engine IDs to a text file, click the Export button in the upper right corner of the Engine 

IDs view. 

4 You will be prompted to save the .TXT file. Browse to a location on the hard drive, enter a filename, 

and click Save.