Nortel Networks 5500 series - Manual (Page 329)

Configuring SNMP 329
— get —USM user is authorized to perform SNMP get requests (read
access to the MIB).
— set — USM user is authorized to perform SNMP set requests
(write access to the MIB). Write access automatically implies read
access as well.
— trap —USM user is authorized to receive trap event messages and
alarm messages.
• authentication protocol—the protocol to be used to authenticate the
USM user. Valid options are:
— md5
— sha
The default is md5 .
• auth password—a string of at least eight characters specifying the
password for USM user authentication. The password is required if the
security level is set to
auth or priv .
• privacy protocol—the protocol used for encryption. Valid options are:
— des
— aes
The default is des .
• priv password—a string of at least eight characters specifying the
USM user’s individual encryption key. The password is required if the
security level is set to
priv .
The SNMP User menu appears.
The SNMP User menu includes the following options:
/cfg/sys/adm/snmp/users <user ID>
followed by:
name <name> Names or renames the USM user. After
you have defined a name for the user, you
can use either the user name or the user
ID to access the SNMP User menu.
•
name is a string that must be unique in
the cluster. The maximum length of the
string is 255 characters.
Nortel Secure Network Access Switch
Using the Command Line Interface
NN47230-100 03.01 Standard
28 July 2008
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