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Allied Telesis AT-S60 User Manual

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Chapter 17: SNMPv3 Configuration

Section III: SNMPv3 Protocol

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Note

The Context Prefix and the Context Match fields are a read only
fields. The Context Prefix field is always set to null. The Context
Match field is always set to exact.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter Security Model [1-v1, 2-v2c, 3-v3]:

5. Select one of the following SNMP protocols as the Security Model for

this Group Name.

1-v1
Select this value to associate the Group Name with the SNMPv1
protocol.

2-v2c
Select this value to associate the Group Name with the SNMPv2c
protocol.

3-v3
Select this value to associate the Group Name with the SNMPv3
protocol. The SNMPv3 protocol allows you to configure the group
to authenticate SNMPv3 users and encrypt messages.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter Security Level [N-NoAuthNoPriv, A-AuthNoPriv,
P-AuthPriv]:

6. Select one of the following security levels:

N-NoAuthNoPriv
This option represents no authentication and no privacy protocol.
Select this security level if you do not want to authenticate SNMP
users and you do not want to encrypt messages using a privacy
protocol. This security level provides the least security.

Note

If you have selected SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c, N-NoAuthNoPriv is the
only security level you can select.

A-AuthNoPriv
This option represents authentication, but no privacy protocol.
Select this security level if you want to authenticate SNMP users,
but you do not want to encrypt messages using a privacy
protocol. You can select this value if you configured the Security
Model parameter with the SNMPv3 protocol.

P-AuthPriv
This option represents authentication and the privacy protocol.
Select this security level to encrypt messages using a privacy
protocol and authenticate SNMP users. This level provides the