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Simple Network Management Protocol
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as well as the traffic passing through its ports. A network management
station can access this information using network management software.
Access to the onboard agent from clients using SNMP v1 and v2c is
controlled by community strings. To communicate with the switch, the
management station must first submit a valid community string for
authentication.
Access to the switch from clients using SNMPv3 provides additional security
features that cover message integrity, authentication, and encryption; as
well as controlling user access to specific areas of the MIB tree.
The SNMPv3 security structure consists of security models, with each
model having it’s own security levels. There are three security models
defined, SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3. Users are assigned to “groups”
that are defined by a security model and specified security levels. Each
group also has a defined security access to set of MIB objects for reading
and writing, which are known as “views.” The switch has a default view (all
MIB objects) and default groups defined for security models v1 and v2c.
The following table shows the security models and levels available and the
system default settings.
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The predefined default groups and view can be deleted from the
system. You can
then define customized groups and views for the SNMP
clients that require access.
Table 30: SNMPv3 Security Models and Levels
Model Level Group Read View Write View Notify View Security
v1 noAuthNoPriv public
(read only)
defaultview none none Community string only
v1 noAuthNoPriv private
(read/write)
defaultview defaultview none Community string only
v1 noAuthNoPriv user defined user defined user defined user defined Community string only
v2c noAuthNoPriv public
(read only)
defaultview none none Community string only
v2c noAuthNoPriv private
(read/write)
defaultview defaultview none Community string only
v2c noAuthNoPriv user defined user defined user defined user defined Community string only
v3 noAuthNoPriv user defined user defined user defined user defined A user name match only
v3 AuthNoPriv user defined user defined user defined user defined Provides user authentication via MD5 or
SHA algorithms
v3 AuthPriv user defined user defined user defined user defined Provides user authentication via MD5 or
SHA algorithms and data privacy using
DES 56-bit encryption
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