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Security Level Select whether you want to implement authentication and/or encryption for SNMP 
communication from this user. Choose:
• noauth -to use the username as the password string to send to the SNMP manager. 
This is equivalent to the Get, Set and Trap Community in SNMP v2c. This is the lowest 
security level.
• auth - to implement an authentication algorithm for SNMP messages sent by this user.
• priv - to implement authentication and encryption for SNMP messages sent by this 
user. This is the highest security level.
Note: The settings on the SNMP manager must be set at the same security level or higher 
than the security level settings on the Switch. 
Authentication Select an authentication algorithm. MD5 (Message Digest 5) and SHA (Secure Hash 
Algorithm) are hash algorithms used to authenticate SNMP data. SHA authentication is 
generally considered stronger than MD5, but is slower. 
Password Enter the password of up to 32 ASCII characters for SNMP user authentication. 
Privacy Specify the encryption method for SNMP communication from this user. You can choose 
one of the following:
• DES - Data Encryption Standard is a widely used (but breakable) method of data 
encryption. It applies a 56-bit key to each 64-bit block of data.
• AES - Advanced Encryption Standard is another method for data encryption that also 
uses a secret key. AES applies a 128-bit key to 128-bit blocks of data.
Password Enter the password of up to 32 ASCII characters for encrypting SNMP packets. 
Group SNMP v3 adopts the concept of View-based Access Control Model (VACM) group. SNMP 
managers in one group are assigned common access rights to MIBs. Specify in which 
SNMP group this user is. 
admin - Members of this group can perform all types of system configuration, including 
the management of administrator accounts.
readwrite - Members of this group have read and write rights, meaning that the user can 
create and edit the MIBs on the Switch, except the user account and AAA configuration.
readonly - Members of this group have read rights only, meaning the user can collect 
information from the Switch.
Add Click this to create a new entry or to update an existing one.
This saves your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The Switch loses these 
changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top navigation panel 
to save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done configuring.
Cancel Click Cancel to reset the fields to your previous configuration.
Clear Click Clear to reset the fields to the factory defaults.
Index This is a read-only number identifying a login account on the Switch. Click on an index 
number to view more details and edit an existing account.
Username This field displays the username of a login account on the Switch.
Security Level This field displays whether you want to implement authentication and/or encryption for 
SNMP communication with this user. 
Authentication This field displays the authentication algorithm used for SNMP communication with this 
user. 
Privacy This field displays the encryption method used for SNMP communication with this user. 
Group This field displays the SNMP group to which this user belongs.
Delete Click Delete to remove the selected entry from the summary table.
Cancel Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Table 156   Management > Access Control > SNMP > User (continued)
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