Brocade 6910 Ethernet Access Switch Configuration Guide (Supporting R2.2.0.0) - Manual (Page 1011)

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Simple Network Management Protocol
FIGURE 253 Configuring the Local Engine ID for SNMP
Specifying a Remote Engine ID
Use the Administration > SNMP (Configure Engine - Add Remote Engine) page to configure a engine
ID for a remote management station. To allow management access from an SNMPv3 user on a
remote device, you must first specify the engine identifier for the SNMP agent on the remote device
where the user resides. The remote engine ID is used to compute the security digest for
authentication and encryption of packets passed between the switch and a user on the remote
host.
CLI References
• “snmp-server engine-id” on page 113
Command Usage
• SNMP passwords are localized using the engine ID of the authoritative agent. For informs, the
authoritative SNMP agent is the remote agent. You therefore need to configure the remote
agent’s SNMP engine ID before you can send proxy requests or informs to it. (See
“Configuring
Remote SNMPv3 Users” on page 963.)
Parameters
These parameters are displayed:
• Remote Engine ID – The engine ID can be specified by entering 9 to 64 hexadecimal
characters (5 to 32 octets in hexadecimal format). If an odd number of characters are
specified, a trailing zero is added to the value to fill in the last octet. For example, the value
“123456789” is equivalent to “1234567890”.
• Remote IP Host – The IP address of a remote management station which is using the specified
engine ID.
Interface
To configure a remote SNMP engine ID:
1. Click Administration, SNMP.
2. Select Configure Engine from the Step list.
3. Select Add Remote Engine from the Action list.
4. Enter an ID of a least 9 hexadecimal characters, and the IP address of the remote host.
5. Click Apply