Creating or editing an SNMP user

Enter the name of the user. After you create an SNMP user, you cannot change the user name.

Enable or disable this SNMP user.

Security Level

Select the type of security level the user will have:

• No Authentication

• Authentication and No Private—Select the authentication algorithm and enter password to use.

• Authentication and Private—Select the authentication and encryption algorithm and enter the passwords to use.

If the security level is set to Authentication and No Private, you can select from the following authentication algorithms:

• MD5

• SHA1 (default)

• SHA224

• SHA256

• SHA384

• SHA512

If the security level is set to Authentication and Private, you can also select from the following encryption algorithms in addition to authentication algorithms:

• AES (default)

• DES

• AES256

• AES256 Cisco

If the security level is set to Authentication, select Change and enter a password in the Password field.

Hosts

Settings for configuring the hosts of an SNMP community.

Enter the IP address of the notification host. If you want to add more than one host, select + to add another host. Up to 16 hosts can be added. Select X to delete any hosts.

Queries

Settings for configuring queries for both SNMP v1 and v2c.

Enable or disable the query. By default, the query is enabled.

Enter the port number in the Port field (161 by default).

Traps

Settings for configuring local and remote ports for both v1 and v2c.

Enable or disable the trap.

Enter the local port number (162 by default).

Enter the remote port numbers (162 by default).