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MD5—A password that is used for generating a key by the MD5 authentication
method.
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SHA—A password that is used for generating a key by the SHA (Secure Hash
Algorithm) authentication method.
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Authentication Password—If authentication is accomplished by either a MD5 or a
SHA password, enter the local user password in either Encrypted or Plaintext. Local
user passwords are compared to the local database. and can contain up to 32 ASCII
characters.
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Privacy Method—Select one of the following options:
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None—Privacy password is not encrypted.
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DES—Privacy password is encrypted according to the Data Encryption Standard
(DES).
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Privacy Password—16 bytes are required (DES encryption key) if the DES privacy
method was selected. This field must be exactly 32 hexadecimal characters. The
Encrypted or Plaintext mode can be selected.
Click Apply to save the settings.
Access rights in SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 are managed by defining communities in the
Communities page. The community name is a type of shared password between the SNMP
management station and the device. It is used to authenticate the SNMP management station.
Communities are only defined in SNMPv1 and v2 because SNMPv3 works with users instead
of communities. The users belong to groups that have access rights assigned to them.
The Communities page associates communities with access rights, either directly (Basic
mode) or through groups (Advanced mode):
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Basic mode—The access rights of a community can configure with Read Only, Read
Write, or SNMP Admin. In addition, you can restrict the access to the community to
only certain MIB objects by selecting a view (defined in the
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Advanced Mode—The access rights of a community are defined by a group (defined
in the
Groups
page). You can configure the group with a specific security model. The
access rights of a group are Read, Write, and Notify.
Cisco Sx350, SG350X, SG350XG, Sx550X & SG550XG Series Managed Switches, Firmware Release 2.2.5.x
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