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Chapter 19
SNMP
Dell Instant supports versions 1, 2c, and 3 of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) for reporting
purposes only. In other words, SNMP cannot be used for setting values in a Dell system in the current IAP.
SNMP Parameters for IAP
You can configure the following parameters for IAP.
Follow the steps below to create community strings for SNMPV1 and SNMPV2.
1. In the Settings tab click the
SNMP
tab.
2. Click
New
in the Community Strings for SNMPV1 and SNMPV2 box.
3. Enter the string in the
New Community String
text box.
4. Click
OK.
To delete a community string, select the string and click
Delete
.
Table 30
SNMP Parameters for IAP
Field
Description
Community Strings for SNMPV1
and SNMPV2
An SNMP Community string is a text string that acts as a password, and is used to
authenticate messages sent between the Virtual Controller and the SNMP agent.
If you are using SNMPv3 to obtain values from the Dell Instant, you can configure the following parameters—
Name
A string representing the name of the user.
Authentication Protocol
An indication of whether messages sent on behalf of this user can be authenticated,
and if so, the type of authentication protocol used. This can take one of the two
values:
MD5— HMAC-MD5-96 Digest Authentication Protocol
SHA: HMAC-SHA-96 Digest Authentication Protocol
Authentication protocol password
If messages sent on behalf of this user can be authenticated, the (private)
authentication key for use with the authentication protocol. This is a string password
for MD5 or SHA depending on the choice above.
Privacy protocol
An indication of whether messages sent on behalf of this user can be protected from
disclosure, and if so, the type of privacy protocol which is used. This takes the value
DES (CBC-DES Symmetric Encryption).
Privacy protocol password
If messages sent on behalf of this user can be encrypted/decrypted with DES, the
(private) privacy key for use with the privacy protocol.
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