Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)


The SNMP Configuration screen provides information on SNMP configuration settings.

The fields are described in the table below.

Field / Section

Description

Activate/Deactivate SNMP

 

SNMP

Click this button to Activate or Deactivate the SNMP interface.

Key

Up to 20 case-sensitive characters to enable SNMP. The key cannot contain the characters “ : ; \ /

SNMP Access Configuration

 

SNMP

Indicates if SNMP is enabled or disabled.

Access Port

The SNMP access port number.

Edit

Click Edit to change the SNMP Access Configuration.

MIB System Information

 

Description

User entry text field.

Contact

User entry text field.

Name

User entry text field.

Location

User entry text field.

Edit

Click Edit to change the MIB System Information.

SNMP Principal Configuration

 

Name:

User name.

Access Level:

User access level

None – Anyone with access to a serial or Ethernet port on the TimeProvider can execute commands set to this security level.

User – Can execute commands set at the User security level.

Admin – Can execute commands set at the Admin security level.

Security – Can access every command available.

Type

User Authentication Protocol - The authentication key is 16 characters for the MD5 algorithm and 20 characters for the SHA algorithm.

Engine ID

SNMP Engine Identifier.

New Principal

Click to enter a new principal name.

Edit Principal

Click to edit a principal name.

Delete Principal

Click to delete a principal name.

SNMP Trap configuration

 

IP Address

Manager IP address where trap reports are sent.

User Name

The user name associated with the manager IP address.

Timeout(s)

The time in seconds that the system retries to send traps.

Retry Count(s)

The number of retries that have occurred.

Trap Port

Trap port number.

Edit

Click Edit to change the SNMP Access Configuration.