SNMPv3 USM Users

You can configure up to 10 User-based Security Model (USM) users (referred to as SNMPv3 user). Each SNMPv3 user can be configured to one of the following security levels:

SNMPv3 Security Levels

Security Levels

Authentication

Privacy

noAuthNoPriv(1)

none

none

authNoPriv(2)

MD5 or SHA-1

none

authPriv(3)

MD5 or SHA-1

DES, 3DES, AES128, AES192, or AES256

Each SNMPv3 user must be associated with one of the predefined groups listed in the following table:

SNMPv3 Predefined Groups

Group

Get Access

Set Access

Sends Traps

Security Level

ReadGroup1

Yes

No

Yes

noAuthNoPriv(1)

ReadWriteGroup1

Yes

Yes

Yes

noAuthNoPriv(1)

TrapGroup1

No

No

Yes

noAuthNoPriv(1)

ReadGroup2

Yes

No

Yes

authNoPriv(2)

ReadWriteGroup2

Yes

Yes

Yes

authNoPriv(2)

TrapGroup2

No

No

Yes

authNoPriv(2)

ReadGroup3

Yes

No

Yes

authPriv(3)

ReadWriteGroup3

Yes

Yes

Yes

authPriv(3)

TrapGroup3

No

No

Yes

authPriv(3)

The first (initial) SNMPv3 user can only be configured through a management interface other than SNMP (i.e., Web interface, configuration ini file, or CLI). Once configured, additional users can be configured through the SNMP interface as well.