H3C Technologies H3C MSR 50 - Manual (Page 15)

Figure 2 MIB tree
A MIB view represents a set of MIB objects (or MIB object hierarchies) with certain access privilege and
is identified by a view name. The MIB objects included in the MIB view are accessible while those
excluded from the MIB view are inaccessible.
A MIB view can have multiple view records each identified by a view-name oid-tree pair.
You control access to the MIB by assigning MIB views to SNMP groups or communities.
SNMP operations
SNMP provides the following basic operations:
• Get—The NMS retrieves SNMP object nodes in an agent MIB.
• Set—The NMS modifies the value of an object node in an agent MIB.
• Notifications—Includes traps and informs. SNMP agent sends traps or informs to report events to
the NMS. The difference between these two types of notification is that informs require
acknowledgement but traps do not. The device supports only traps.
SNMP protocol versions
H3C supports SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3. An NMS and an SNMP agent must use the same
SNMP version to communicate with each other.
• SNMPv1—Uses community names for authentication. To access an SNMP agent, an NMS must use
the same community name as set on the SNMP agent. If the community name used by the NMS is
different from that set on the agent, the NMS cannot establish an SNMP session to access the agent
or receive traps from the agent.
• SNMPv2c—Uses community names for authentication. SNMPv2c is compatible with SNMPv1, but
supports more operation modes, data types, and error codes.
• SNMPv3—Uses a user-based security model (USM) to secure SNMP communication. You can
configure authentication and privacy mechanisms to authenticate and encrypt SNMP packets for
integrity, authenticity, and confidentiality.
SNMP configuration task list
Task Remarks
Configuring SNMP basic parameters Required.
Configuring SNMP logging Optional.
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