Cisco Cisco ASR 5000
Global Configuration Mode Commands (L-S)
snmp engine-id ▀
Command Line Interface Reference, StarOS Release 18 ▄
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snmp engine-id
Configures the SNMP engine to use for SNMP requests when SNMPv3 agents are utilized.
Product
All
Privilege
Security Administrator, Administrator
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration
configure
Entering the above command sequence results in the following prompt:
[local]host_name(config)#
Syntax
snmp engine-id local id
id
Specifies the SNMPv3 engine to employ.
id
must be an alphanumeric string of 1 through 31 characters.
Usage
When SNMPv3 is used for SNMP access to the chassis the engine ID can be used to quickly change which
schema is used for SNMP access.
schema is used for SNMP access.
Important:
The system can send either SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, or SNMPv3 traps to numerous target devices.
However, the Web Element Manager can only process SNMP version 1 (SNMPv1) and SNMP version 2c (SNMPv2c)
traps. If the SNMP target being configured is Web Element Manager application, then you must not configure this
command to use.
traps. If the SNMP target being configured is Web Element Manager application, then you must not configure this
command to use.
Example
The following command configures an SNMP engine ID of secure23.
snmp engine-id local secure23