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MGate 5105-MB-EIP Series User Manual
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SNMP Agent Settings
Parameters
Description
SNMP
To enable the SNMP Agent function, select the Enable option, and enter a
community name (e.g., public).
Contact name
The optional SNMP contact information usually includes an emergency contact
name and telephone number.
Read community string
This is a text password mechanism that is used to weakly authenticate queries to
agents of managed network devices.
Write community string
This is a text password mechanism that is used to weakly authenticate changes to
agents of managed network devices.
SNMP agent version
The MGate 5105-MB-EIP supports SNMP V1, V2c, and V3.
Read-only and Read/write access control
The following fields allow you to define usernames, passwords, and authentication parameters for two levels
of access: read-only and read/write. The name of the field will show which level of access it refers to. For
example, Read-only authentication mode allows you to configure the authentication mode for read-only
access, whereas Read/write authentication mode allows you to configure the authentication mode for
read/write access. For each level of access, you may configure the following:
Parameters
Description
User name
Use this optional field to identify the username for the specified level of access.
Authentication mode
Use this field to select MD5 or SHA as the method of password encryption for the
specified level of access, or to disable authentication.
Privacy mode
Use this field to enable or disable DES_CBC data encryption for the specified level
of access.
Password
Use this field to set the password for the specified level of access.
Privacy
Use this field to define the encryption key for the specified level of access.