Edit, delete, or enter SNMP users

Procedure 7-21: Edit, delete, or enter SNMP users

Overview

Use this procedure to provision SNMP management access to the network element (VLNC2 SYSCTL, VLNC35 Fast Ethernet, and VLNC50/52/55 SONET/SDH Transport circuit packs). To provision SNMP management access to the VLNC40/42, VLNC60/61, and VLNC64 circuit packs, refer to Alcatel-Lucent 1850 Transport Service Switch (TSS-5) Command Line Interface Guide.

To provision SNMP contact/location information and enable/disable SNMP authentication failure traps, refer to Procedure 7-20: Provision SNMP management features.

Privilege level

You must log in as a Privileged user to complete this procedure.

Before you begin

Prior to performing this procedure:

Refer to Before you begin and Required equipment in this chapter.
Obtain the work instructions for this procedure.
If you want to view, print, or save a file of current SNMP users, select Administration → Security → View SNMP Users from the System View menu.

Steps

Perform the following steps to edit, delete, or enter SNMP users.

From the System View menu, select Administration → Security → Provision SNMP Users.

Result:

The Provision SNMP Users window opens to allow you to add, modify, or delete an SNMP user. If the maximum number of SNMP users have been provisioned, a warning appears stating that the maximum number of SNMP users have been entered before the Provision SNMP Users window opens.

Any specific value of either SNMP User Community ID or source IP address can be used to create more than one SNMP User, as long as the specific values of the pair of parameters are not duplicated.

This command can be used to create up to 20 SNMP Users. There can be a maximum of 10 SNMP Users enabled for request functionality (for example, GetRequest, GetNextRequest, GetBulkRequest) and a maximum of up to 10 SNMP Users enabled for receiving traps.

Determine the required provisioning.

If...	Then...
add a new SNMP user,	Continue with Step 3.
modify an existing SNMP user,	Proceed to Step 4.
delete an existing SNMP user,	Proceed to Step 5.

Perform the following to ADD A NEW USER:

Select New User in the SNMP User Community ID Panel.
Enter the User Community Identifier as a case-sensitive alphanumeric string of 6 to 20 characters in the box provided.

Note that spaces are not allowed in the string of characters.
Click on the Modify button under SNMP User IP Address Panel.

The Provision SNMP User IP Address window opens.
Enter the 32-bit IP address consisting of four dot-separated decimal numbers from 0-255. Click OK.
Under Request Functionality Control, select Enable or Disable to enable or disable request functionality (i.e., GetRequest, GetNextRequest, GetBulkRequest). Default is Enabled.
Under Trap Functionality Control, select Enable or Disable to enable or disable the SNMP User for receiving traps. Default is Enabled.
Click Add at the bottom of the window.

Result:

A warning message appears stating that a reset is required before any SNMP provisioning changes take effect and that a reset causes all active login sessions to be logged out.

Proceed to Step 6.

Perform the following to MODIFY AN EXISTING USER:

Select Existing User in the SNMP User Community ID Panel.
In the drop-down box, select (highlight) the user to be modified.
Under Request Functionality Control, select Enable or Disable to enable or disable request functionality (GetRequest, GetNextRequest, GetBulkRequest). Default is Enabled.
Under Trap Functionality Control, select Enable or Disable to enable or disable the SNMP User for receiving traps. Default is Enabled.
Click Modify at the bottom of the window.

Result:

A warning message appears stating that a reset is required before any SNMP provisioning changes take effect and that a reset causes all active login sessions to be logged out.

Proceed to Step 6.

Perform the following to DELETE AN EXISTING USER:

Select Existing User in the SNMP User Community ID Panel.
In the drop-down box, select (highlight) the user to be deleted.
Click Delete at the bottom of the window.

Result:

A warning message appears stating that a reset is required before any SNMP provisioning changes take effect and that a reset causes all active login sessions to be logged out.

Continue with Step 6.

Do you wish to perform additional SNMP User provisioning?

If...	Then...
Yes	Click No on the warning window and then return to Step 1. Note: If you select to NOT reset in this procedure, you must perform a Phase 3 reset (Fault → Reset → System Controller) before your changes take place.
No	Continue with Step 7.

Click Yes in the warning window to complete your SNMP provisioning.

Result:

The following warning message appears: The network element is resetting due to System Reset.

Click OK.

Result:

The System View closes, the network element resets, and all active users are disconnected.

If you want to view, print, or save a file of current SNMP users, then log back into the network element and select Administration → Security → View SNMP Users from the System View menu.

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