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DES-3526 Layer 2 Fast Ethernet Switch
create snmp user
Description
The create snmp user command creates a new SNMP user and
adds the user to an SNMP group that is also created by this
command. SNMP ensures:
Message integrity − Ensures that packets have not been tampered
with during transit.
Authentication − Determines if an SNMP message is from a valid
source.
Encryption − Scrambles the contents of messages to prevent it from
being viewed by an unauthorized source.
Parameters
<username 32> − An alphanumeric name of up to 32 characters
that will identify the new SNMP user.
<groupname 32> − An alphanumeric name of up to 32 characters
that will identify the SNMP group the new SNMP user will be
associated with.
encrypted – Allows the user to choose a type of authorization for
authentication using SNMP. The user may choose:
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by_password – Requires the SNMP user to enter a
password for authentication and privacy. The password is
defined by specifying the auth_password below. This
method is recommended.
by_key – Requires the SNMP user to enter a encryption
key for authentication and privacy. The key is defined by
specifying the key in hex form below. This method is not
recommended.
auth - The user may also choose the type of authentication
algorithms used to authenticate the snmp user. The choices are:
md5 − Specifies that the HMAC-MD5-96 authentication level will be
used. md5 may be utilized by entering one of the following:
<auth password 8-16> - An alphanumeric sting of
between 8 and 16 characters that will be used to
authorize the agent to receive packets for the host.
<auth_key 32-32> - Enter an alphanumeric sting of
exactly 32 characters, in hex form, to define the key that
will be used to authorize the agent to receive packets for
the host.
sha − Specifies that the HMAC-SHA-96 authentication level will be
used.
<auth password 8-20> - An alphanumeric sting of
between 8 and 20 characters that will be used to
authorize the agent to receive packets for the host.
<auth_key 40-40> - Enter an alphanumeric sting of
exactly 40 characters, in hex form, to define the key that
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