HP ProCurve 6108, 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 11-1
shows and example of this dialog.
N o t e :
For most SNMPv3 management software to be able to create new users, they
S N M P
must have an initial user record clone. These records can be downgraded,
V e r s i o n 3
given less features, but not upgraded with new features added. For this reason
I n i t i a l U s e r s
it is recommended that a second user with SHA and DES are created at the
time you enable SNMPv3
Enable SNMPv3
Create initial user models for SNMPv3
Management Applications
Set restriction on
non-SNMPv3 messages
Figure 11-1. Example of SNMP version 3 Enable Command
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