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Commands for Managing the Switch
configure snmpv3 add user
configure snmpv3 add user {hex} <user name> {authentication [md5 | sha]
[hex <hex octet> | <password>]} {privacy [hex <hex octet> | <password>]}
{volatile}
Description
Add (and modify) an SNMPv3 user.
Syntax Description
Default
The default values are:
• authentication—no authentication
• privacy—no privacy
• non-volatile storage
Usage Guidelines
Use this command to create or modify an SNMPv3 user configuration.
If hex is specified, supply a 16 octet hex string for MD5, or a 20 octet hex string for SHA.
You must specify authentication if you want to specify privacy. There is no support for privacy without
authentication.
The default user names are: admin, initial, initialmd5, initialsha, initialmd5Priv, initialshaPriv . The initial
password for admin is password . For the other default users, the initial password is the user name.
Example
Use the following command to configure the user guest on the local SNMP Engine with security level
noauth
(no authentication and no privacy):
configure snmpv3 add user guest
hex Specifies that the value to follow is to be supplied as a colon separated string
of hex octets.
user name Specifies the user name to add or modify.
MD5 Specifies MD5 authentication.
SHA Specifies SHA authentication.
authentication Specifies the authentication password or hex string to use for generating the
authentication key for this user.
privacy Specifies the privacy password or hex string to use for generating the privacy
key for this user.
volatile Specifies volatile storage.