Chapter 13
| Basic Administration Protocols
Simple Network Management Protocol
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Figure 255: Configuring the Local Engine ID for SNMP
Specifying a
Remote Engine ID
Use the Administration > SNMP (Configure Engine - Add Remote Engine) page to
configure a engine ID for a remote management station. To allow management
access from an SNMPv3 user on a remote device, you must first specify the engine
identifier for the SNMP agent on the remote device where the user resides. The
remote engine ID is used to compute the security digest for authentication and
encryption of packets passed between the switch and a user on the remote host.
Command Usage
SNMP passwords are localized using the engine ID of the authoritative agent. For
informs, the authoritative SNMP agent is the remote agent. You therefore need to
configure the remote agent’s SNMP engine ID before you can send proxy requests
or informs to it. (See “Configuring Remote SNMPv3 Users” on page 437.)
Parameters
These parameters are displayed:
◆ Remote Engine ID – The engine ID can be specified by entering 9 to 64
hexadecimal characters (5 to 32 octets in hexadecimal format). If an odd
number of characters are specified, a trailing zero is added to the value to fill in
the last octet. For example, the value “123456789” is equivalent to
“1234567890”.
◆ Remote IP Host – The IPv4 or IPv6 address of a remote management station
which is using the specified engine ID.
Web Interface
To configure a remote SNMP engine ID:
1. Click Administration, SNMP.
2. Select Configure Engine from the Step list.
3. Select Add Remote Engine from the Action list.
4. Enter an ID of a least 9 hexadecimal characters, and the IP address of the
remote host.
5. Click Apply
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