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350 | Network Access Devices Dell Networking W-ClearPass Policy Manager 6.5 |User Guide
Figure 328: SNMP Read Settings Tab
The following table describes the SNMP Read Settings tab parameters:
Parameter Description
Allow SNMP
Read
Toggle to enable or disable SNMP read.
SNMP Read
Setting
Specify the SNMPrRead settings for the device. You can set any of the following options:
l SNMP v1 with community strings
l SNMP v2 with community strings
l SNMP v3 with no Authentication
l SNMP v3 with Authentication using MD5 and no Privacy
l SNMP v3 with Authentication using MD5 and with Privacy
l SNMP v3 with Authentication using SHA and no Privacy
l SNMP v3 with Authentication using SHA and with Privacy
NOTE: The MD5 authentication type is not supported if you use Dell Networking W-ClearPass
Policy Manager in the FIPS (Administration > Server Manager > Server Configuration > FIPS)
mode.
Community
String (SNMP
v2 only)
Enter the community string for sending the traps.
Verify
Re-enter the community string for sending the traps.
Force Read
(SNMP v1 and
v2 only)
Enable this setting to ensure that all Dell Networking W-ClearPass Policy Manager nodes in the
cluster read SNMP information from this device regardless of the trap configuration on the
device. This option is useful when demonstrating a static IP-based device profiling because this
does not require any trap configuration on the network device.
Read ARP
Table Info
Enable this setting on a Layer 3 device if you intend to use the ARP table on this device to discover
endpoints in the network. Static IP endpoints are discovered this way are further probed using
SNMP to profile the device.
Table 198: SNMP Read Settings Parameters