SNMP
Creating SNMP Groups
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To create an SNMP group:
STEP 1 Click SNMP > Groups.
This page contains the existing SNMP groups and their security levels.
STEP  2 Click Add.
STEP  3 Enter the parameters.
• Group Name—Enter a new group name.
• Security Model—Select the SNMP version attached to the group, SNMPv1, 
v2, or v3.
Three types of views with various security levels can be defined. For each 
security level, select the views for Read, Write and Notify by entering the following 
fields:
• Enable—Select this field to enable the Security Level.
• Security Level—Define the security level attached to the group. SNMPv1 
and SNMPv2 support neither authentication nor privacy. If SNMPv3 is 
selected, choose one of the following:
- No Authentication and No Privacy—Neither the Authentication nor the 
Privacy security levels are assigned to the group.
- Authentication and No Privacy—Authenticates SNMP messages, and 
ensures the SNMP message origin is authenticated but does not encrypt 
them.
- Authentication and Privacy—Authenticates SNMP messages, and 
encrypts them. 
• View—Associating a view with the read, write, and notify access privileges 
of the group limits the scope of the MIB tree to which the group has read, 
write, and notify access.
- View—Select a previously-defined view for Read, Write and Notify.
- Read—Management access is read-only for the selected view. 
Otherwise, a user or a community associated with this group is able to 
read all MIBs except those that control SNMP itself. 
- Write—Management access is write for the selected view. Otherwise, a 
user or a community associated with this group is able to write all MIBs 
except those that control SNMP itself.