1-3 
Operation  Command  Description 
Set an 
SNMP 
group 
snmp-agent group { v1 | 
v2c } group-name [ read-view 
read-view ] [ write-view 
write-view ] [ notify-view 
notify-view ] [ acl acl-number ]
Indirect 
configura
tion 
Add a user 
to an 
SNMP 
group 
snmp-agent usm-user { v1 | 
v2c } user-name group-name 
[ acl acl-number ] 
configuration. 
z  Indirect configuration is 
compatible with 
SNMPv3. The added 
user is equal to the 
community name for 
SNMPv1 and 
SNMPv2c. 
z  You can choose either 
of them as needed. 
Set the maximum size of an SNMP 
packet for SNMP agent to receive or 
send 
snmp-agent packet 
max-size byte-count 
Optional 
1,500 bytes by default. 
Set the device engine ID 
snmp-agent local-engineid 
engineid 
Optional 
By default, the device 
engine ID is “enterprise 
number + device 
information”. 
Create/Update the view information 
snmp-agent mib-view 
{ included | excluded } 
view-name oid-tree [ mask 
mask-value ] 
Optional 
By default, the view name 
is “ViewDefault” and OID is 
1. 
 
Table 1-2 Configure basic SNMP functions (SNMPv3) 
Operation  Command  Description 
Enter system view 
system-view 
— 
Enable SNMP agent 
snmp-agent 
Optional 
Disabled by default. 
You can enable SNMP agent by 
executing this command or any of the 
commands used to configure SNMP 
agent. 
Set system information 
and specify to enable 
SNMPv3 on the switch 
snmp-agent sys-info { contact 
sys-contact | location 
sys-location | version { { v1 | 
v2c | v3 }* | all } } 
Required 
By default, the contact information for 
system maintenance is " 3Com 
Corporation. ", the system location is 
" Marlborough, MA 01752 USA ", and 
the SNMP version is SNMPv3. 
Set an SNMP group 
snmp-agent group v3 
group-name [ authentication | 
privacy ] [ read-view 
read-view ] [ write-view 
write-view ] [ notify-view 
notify-view ] [ acl acl-number ]  
Required 
Encrypt a plain-text 
password to generate a 
cipher-text one 
snmp-agent 
calculate-password 
plain-password mode { md5 | 
sha } { local-engineid | 
specified-engineid engineid } 
Optional 
This command is used if password in 
cipher-text is needed for adding a 
new user.