Configure SNMP v3 Administrative User Edit Account Passwords Help
Use this page to change the Administrative User account
name and authentication and privacy protocols and passwords. The account passwords can be ASCII or hexadecimal characters. After the Administrative User account settings
are configured, click Save to save the settings, or click Cancel to
keep the previous settings and return to the SNMP Configuration: Configure SNMP v3 page. You must create the Administrative User account before the Key User and other accounts can be created. Click Configure Using Keys to edit the Administrative User account keys.
Administrative User Account
User Name - Enter the Administrative User account User Name in
this field. The User Name can be a maximum of 31 characters.
The predefined admin user name is displayed by default. User names for the Administrative User, Key User, and Any User accounts must be unique.
Authentication Protocol - Select the Authentication Protocol from the drop-down list. Possible settings include: SHA1 or MD5. The default setting is SHA1.
Authentication Password - Enter the Authentication Password in
this field. The Authentication Password length is dependent upon the Authentication Protocol selected, and if hexadecimal mode is selected. If the SHA1 protocol is selected, this password must be 12 to 20 characters in length for ASCII (non-hexadecimal) passwords, or 24 to 40 characters in length for hexadecimal passwords. If the MD5 protocol is selected, this password must be 12 to 16 characters in length for ASCII passwords, or 24 to 32 characters in length for hexadecimal passwords. Authentication
Password is required.
Confirm Password - Retype the Authentication Password in
this field. Confirm Password must match the Authentication Password previously
entered.
Privacy Protocol - Select the Privacy Protocol from the drop-down list. Possible settings include: CBC-DES or CFB-AES-128. The default setting is CFB-AES-128.
Privacy Password - Enter the Privacy Password in
this field. The Privacy Password length is dependent upon if hexadecimal mode is selected. This password must be 12 to 16 characters in length for ASCII passwords, or 24 to 32 characters in length for hexadecimal passwords. Privacy Password is
required.
Confirm Password - Retype the Privacy Password in
this field. Confirm Password must match the Privacy Password previously
entered.
Hide Typing - Select this check box to prevent passwords from displaying on screen as they are being entered. Passwords display as a row of asterisks (*) instead of actual data when Hide Typing is selected. Hide Typing is selected by default.
Use Hex for Authentication/Privacy Passwords - Select this check box to enter passwords as hexadecimal values. This check box is cleared (unchecked) by default.
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