SNMP Agent Settings page field descriptions

Use this page to view or configure the SNMP agent settings for this Experience Portal system.

This page contains the:

SNMP Version 1 group

Field	Description
Enable SNMP Version 1	To configure the Experience Portal SNMP agent to receive and respond to SNMP Version 1 messages, select this check box.
Security Name	If you enabled version 1 messages, enter an alphanumeric name for the Experience Portal SNMP agent in this field. The agent only accepts message strings that include this name. You cannot leave this field blank or use the strings "public" or "private".

SNMP Version 2c group

Field	Description
Enable SNMP Version 2c	To configure the Experience Portal SNMP agent to receive and respond to SNMP Version 2c messages, select this check box.
Security Name	If you enabled version 2c messages, enter an alphanumeric name for the Experience Portal SNMP agent in this field. The agent only accepts message strings that include this name. You cannot leave this field blank or use the strings "public" or "private".

SNMP Version 3 group

Field

Description

Enable SNMP Version 3

To configure the Experience Portal SNMP agent to receive and respond to SNMP Version 3 messages, select this check box.

Security Name

If you enabled version 3 messages, enter an alphanumeric name for the Experience Portal SNMP agent in the Security Name field. The agent only accepts message strings that include this name.

You cannot leave this field blank or use the strings "public" or "private".

Authentication Protocol

If the SNMP Version field is set to 3, select one of the following options as the Authentication Protocol.

The options are:

None: The system does not perform any authentication and you cannot use an Authentication Password. If you select this option, you must also set the Privacy Protocol field to None.
MD5: The system performs an authentication using the Message Digest 5 (MD5) protocol.
SHA: The system performs an authentication using the Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) protocol.

The default option is MD5.

	Note:
	If the Authentication Protocol is set to None, the Privacy Protocol must also be set to None.

Authentication Password

Enter a character string to be used as the authentication password for SNMP Version 3 messages.

This password must contain at least 8 characters. If the Authentication Protocol field is set to None, the Authentication Password field is not used and cannot be set.

Privacy Protocol

If the SNMP Version field is set to 3, select one of the following options as the Privacy Protocol:

The options are:

None: The system does not perform any message encryption and you cannot set a Privacy Password. You must select this option if the Authentication Protocol field is set to None.
DES: The Data Encryption Standard (DES) protocol is used to encrypt SNMP Version 3 messages.
AES128: The Advanced Encryption Standard 128 (AES128) protocol is used to encrypt SNMP Version 3 messages.
AES192: The Advanced Encryption Standard 192 (AES192) protocol is used to encrypt SNMP Version 3 messages.
AES256: The Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES256) protocol is used to encrypt SNMP Version 3 messages.

The default option is AES128.

	Note:
	If the Authentication Protocol is set to None, the Privacy Protocol must also be set to None.

Privacy Password

Enter a character string to be used as the privacy password for SNMP Version 3 messages.

This password must contain at least 8 characters. If the Privacy Protocol field is set to None, the Privacy Password field is not used and cannot be set.

Authorized for SNMP Access group

Field	Description
Allow All IP Addresses	Allows any SNMP manager access to the Experience Portal SNMP agent. This is the default.
Allow Only the Following	Allows up to five specified SNMP managers access to the Experience Portal SNMP agent. If you select this field, specify one or more SNMP managers in the IP Address/Hostname fields.

Transport Protocol group

The only currently supported transportation protocol is the User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

Port Number group

Field	Description
Default Port Number	Specifies that the Experience Portal SNMP agent communicates with SNMP managers using the default port number for UDP, which is 161.
Custom Port Number	Specifies that the Experience Portal SNMP agent communicates with SNMP managers using a non-default port number. If you select this option, enter a port number from 0 to 65535 in the associated text field.