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Chapter 16

SNMP

Dell Instant supports versions 1, 2c, and 3 of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) for reporting

purposes only. In other words, SNMP cannot be used for setting values in an Dell system in the current IAP.

SNMP Parameters for IAP

You can configure the following parameters for IAP.

Follow the steps below to create community strings for SNMPV1 and SNMPV2.

1. In the Settings tab click the SNMP tab.

2. Click New in the Community Strings for SNMPV1 and SNMPV2 box.

3. Enter the string in the New Community String text box.

4. Click OK.

To delete a community string, select the string and click Delete.

Table 20 SNMP Parameters for IAP

Field Description

Community Strings for SNMPV1 and

SNMPV2

An SNMP Community string is a text string that acts as a password, and is

used to authenticate messages sent between the Virtual Controller and the

SNMP agent.

If you are using SNMPv3 to obtain values from the Dell Instant, you can configure the following parameters:

Name A string representing the name of the user.

Authentication Protocol An indication of whether messages sent on behalf of this user can be

authenticated, and if so, the type of authentication protocol used. This can

take one of the two values:

 MD5: HMAC-MD5-96 Digest Authentication Protocol

 SHA: HMAC-SHA-96 Digest Authentication Protocol

Authentication protocol password If messages sent on behalf of this user can be authenticated, the (private)

authentication key for use with the authentication protocol. This is a string

password for MD5 or SHA depending on the choice above.

Privacy protocol An indication of whether messages sent on behalf of this user can be

protected from disclosure, and if so, the type of privacy protocol which is

used. This takes the value DES (CBC-DES Symmetric Encryption).

Privacy protocol password If messages sent on behalf of this user can be encrypted/decrypted with DES,

the (private) privacy key for use with the privacy protocol.