HP ProCurve 2610-24, Management And Configuration Manual

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Configuring for Network Management Applications
Using SNMP Tools To Manage the Switch
SNMPv3 Enable
The snmpv3 enable command starts a dialog that performs three functions:
enabling the switch to receive SNMPv3 messages, configuring the initial users,
and, optionally, to restrict non version-3 messages to “read only”. Figure 13-1
shows and example of this dialog.
N o t e :
S N M P
V e r s i o n 3
I n i t i a l U s e r s
For most SNMPv3 management software to be able to create new users, they
must have an initial user record clone. These records can be downgraded,
(given fewer features), but not upgraded with new features added. For this
reason ProCurve recommends that you create a second user with SHA and
DES at when you enable SNMPv3
Enable
Create initial user models for SNMPv3
management applications.
Set restriction on
non-SNMPv3 messages.
Figure 13-1. Example of SNMP version 3 Enable Command
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