In the Configuration tab you enable the SNMP server and make the basic settings, such as for data security.
Enabled
Here you can activate and deactivate the SNMP server.
Port
The port via which the SNMP server should communicate.
The default value is 1612.
Community string
In the protocol variants V1 and V2c, only a community string can be submitted for authentication. This serves as a password for the data transfer between the SNMP server and SNMP client. The default value for the community string is "public".
Allowed characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and special characters.
Authentication, user name, password
In protocol version V3, the security standards are more stringent and there are multiple methods available for authentication and encryption. For authentication, the following standards are supported:
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SHA256 (secure hash algorithm, SHA2 class, hash function, 256-bit)
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SHA384 (secure hash algorithm, SHA2 class, hash function, 384-bit)
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SHA512 (secure hash algorithm, SHA2 class, hash function, 512-bit)
In addition to selecting the authentication algorithm, you must also enter a user name and password.
Older standards like MD5 or SHA are not supported anymore. If these standards are still set in older configurations, a warning symbol appears nearby and those standards are highlighted in red in the drop-down list.
Encryption, key
In terms of encryption, you will have the following options:
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No encryption
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AES128 (Advanced Encryption Standard, 128-bit)
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AES192 (Advanced Encryption Standard, 192-bit)
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AES256 (Advanced Encryption Standard, 256-bit)
Older standards like DES are not supported anymore. If these standards are still set in older configurations, a warning symbol appears nearby and those standards are highlighted in red in the drop-down list.
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It is best to clarify the settings to be made here with your network administrator. Make sure that the set port is not already being used by any other SNMP servers running on the computer. |
The <...> button is used to change the password.
Text encoding
For the correct transmission of ASCII data (text channels), set the appropriate text encoding for the region or language here.
Date and time format
Here you can set the date/time format (if applicable).
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Binary (as per SNMPv2 TC standard encoded , in multiple bytes)
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String (YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss:ffff)