User Guide

Chapter 5
Advanced Configuration
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WebView Switches
SNMP > Global Parameters
The Global Parameters screen contains parameters for
defining SNMP notification parameters.
SNMP > Global Parameters
Local Engine ID Indicates the local device engine ID. The
field value is a hexadecimal string. Each byte in hexadecimal
character strings consists of two hexadecimal digits. Each
byte can be separated by a period or a colon. The Engine
ID must be defined before SNMPv3 is enabled. For stand-
alone devices, select a default Engine ID that is comprised
of Enterprise number and the default MAC address. For a
stackable system configure the Engine ID, and verify that
the Engine ID is unique for the administrative domain.
This prevents two devices in a network from having the
same Engine ID.
Use Default Uses the device generated Engine ID. The
default Engine ID is based on the device MAC address and
is defined per standard as:
First 4 octets—first bit = 1, the rest is IANA Enterprise •
number.
Fifth octet—Set to • 3 to indicate the MAC address that
follows.
Last 6 octets—MAC address of the device. •
SNMP Notifications Indicates if the device can send
SNMP notifications.
Authentication Notifications Indicates if SNMP
Authentication failure notification is enabled on the
device.
SNMP > Views
SNMP Views provide access or block access to device
features or feature aspects. For example, a view can be
defined that states that SNMP Group A has Read Only
(R/O) access to Multicast groups, while SNMP Group B
has Read-Write (R/W) access to Multicast groups. Feature
access is granted via the MIB name, or MIB Object ID.
SNMP > Views
View Name Displays the user-defined views. The options
are as follows:
Default • Displays the default SNMP view for read and
read/write views.
DefaultSuper • Displays the default SNMP view for
administrator views.
Subtree ID Tree Indicates the device feature OID included
or excluded in the selected SNMP view. The options to
select the Subtree are as follows:
Select from List • Select the Subtree from the list
provided.
Insert • Enables a Subtree not included in the Select
from List field to be entered.
View Type Indicates if the defined OID branch will be
included or excluded in the selected SNMP view.
Use the Add to List button to add the Views configuration
to the Views Table at the bottom of the screen.