Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual

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AT-S63 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide

Section III: SNMPv3

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Note

The Context Prefix and the Context Match fields are a read only
fields. The Context Prefix field is always set to null. The Context
Match field is always set to exact.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter Security Model [1-v1, 2-v2c, 3-v3]:

5. Select one of the following SNMP protocols as the Security Model for

this Group Name.

1-v1
Select this value to associate the Group Name with the SNMPv1
protocol.

2-v2c
Select this value to associate the Group Name with the SNMPv2c
protocol.

3-v3
Select this value to associate the Group Name with the SNMPv3
protocol. The SNMPv3 protocol allows you to configure the group to
authenticate SNMPv3 entities (users) and encrypt messages.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter Security Level [N-NoAuthNoPriv, A-AuthNoPriv,
P-AuthPriv]:

6. Select one of the following security levels:

N-NoAuthNoPriv
This option represents no authentication and no privacy protocol.
Select this security level if you do not want to authenticate SNMP
entities and you do not want to encrypt messages using a privacy
protocol. This security level provides the least security.

Note

If you have selected SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c, N-NoAuthNoPriv is the
only security level you can select.

A-AuthNoPriv
This option represents authentication, but no privacy protocol. Select
this security level if you want to authenticate SNMP users, but you do
not want to encrypt messages using a privacy protocol.You can select
this value if you configured the Security Model parameter with the
SNMPv3 protocol.

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