CLI Guide

Switch Management Commands 2221
• auth-md5 — HMAC-MD5-96 authentication mode.
• auth-sha — HMAC-SHA-96 authentication mode.
• password — A password. (Range: 1 to 32 characters.)
• auth-md5-key — HMAC-MD5-96 authentication message digest key.
Enter a pre-generated MD5 key.
• auth-sha-key — HMAC-SHA-96 authentication message digest key.
Enter a pre-generated SHA key.
• md5-key — Character string —length 32 hex characters.
• sha-key — Character string —length 40 hex characters.
• priv-des-key — CBC-DES Symmetric Encryption privacy mode. The
administrator should enter a pre-generated DES encryption key.
• des-key — The pregenerated DES encryption key. The length is
determined by the authentication method selected . Enter 32 hex
characters if MD5 Authentication is selected, 40 hex characters if SHA
Authentication is selected.
Default Configuration
No user entry exists.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
If the SNMP local engine ID is changed, configured users will no longer be
able to connect and will need to be re-configured (deleted from the
configuration and added back).
Use of MD5 authentication in conjunction with AES privacy is discouraged
as it results in a weak cypher. Utilize SHA authentication when using AES
privacy.
The SNMP group must exist or an error is displayed and the user is not
configured. The user name can consist of any printable character and may
contain embedded blanks if enclosed in quotes.