User's Manual

Chapter 4 | Management Settings
Simple Network Management Protocol
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View Access Control
Model
To configure SNMPv3 management access to the AP, follow these steps:
1. Specify read and write access views for the AP MIB tree.
2. Configure SNMP user groups with the required security model (that is, SNMP
v1, v2c, or v3) and security level (authentication and privacy).
3. Assign SNMP users to groups, along with their specific authentication and
privacy passwords.
Figure 23: SNMP VACM
Creating Views
SNMPv3 views are used to restrict user access to specified portions of the MIB tree.
The are no predefined views by default.
The following items are displayed on the VACM page.
◆ View Name – The name of the SNMP view. (Range: 1-32 characters)
◆ Type – Indicates if the object identifier of a branch within the MIB tree is
included or excluded from the SNMP view.
◆ OID – Allows you to configure the object identifiers of branches within the MIB
tree. Wild cards can be used to mask a specific portion of the OID string.
◆ Mask (option) – A hexadecimal value with each bit masking the corresponding
ID in the MIB subtree. A “1” in the mask indicates an exact match and a “0”
indicates a “wild card.” For example, a mask value of 0xFFBF provides a bit mask