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Register SNMPv3 USM user

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The create snmpUser userName command creates a new Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) user and registers the new user as a known entity to the SNMP agent. Any attempt to register a new user with the same name and engine ID as that of an existing user is rejected.

Supported Arrays

This command applies to an individual E2800, E5700, EF600 or EF300 storage array. It does not operate on E2700 or E5600 storage arrays.

Roles

To execute this command on an E2800, E5700, EF600, or EF300 storage array, you must have the Storage Admin or Support Admin role.

Syntax

create snmpUser userName="snmpUserName"
    [engineId=(local | engineId)]
    [authProtocol=(none | sha | sha256 | sha512) authPassword="authPassword"]
    [privProtocol=(none | aes128) privPassword="privPassword"]

Parameters

Parameter Description

userName

The name of the SNMP USM user that you want to create. Enclose the SNMP USM user name in double quotation marks (" ")

engineId

The identifier of the authoritative SNMP engine ID for the user. The value may be "local" to specify the local SNMP agent to be the authoritative agent or a hexidecimal digit string to specify a remote SNMP agent engine ID. The default value is "local".

authProtocol

The authentication protocol (HMAC) to be used for the user. The value may be one of the following:

  • none - No authentication of SNMP messages (default)

  • sha - SHA-1 authentication

  • sha256 - SHA-256 authentication

  • sha512 - SHA-512 authentication

authPassword

The password to be used for authentication for the user. Must be specified if the authentication protocol is "sha", "sha256" or "sha512"

privProtocol

The privacy protocol (encryption) to be used for the user. The value may be one of the following:

  • none - No encryption of SNMP messages (default)

  • aes128 - AES-18 encryption

privPassword

The password to be used for privacy/encryption for the user. Must be specified if the privacy protocol is "aes128".

Minimum firmware level

8.72