To create additional NE LI user accounts using the NFM-P

Steps

Note: You require an LI user account to perform this procedure.

Before you can perform this procedure, at least one LI user account must exist on the NE.

Before you can perform this procedure, an NFM-P LI user must enable LI discovery for the NE using To enable NE discovery for LI .

 

Choose Administration→Security→NE User Configuration from the NFM-P main menu. The NE User Configuration form opens.


Click Create. The NE User (Create) form opens.


Configure the required parameters.

You must specify the li, snmp, and console values for the Access parameter.

Specify an MD5 authentication key for the Password parameter. See To configure NE LI user security for information about generating a user authentication key.


To assign one or more console profiles:

  1. Click on the Console Profiles tab. The list of profiles numbered one through eight appears. A user can have up to eight console profiles.

  2. Select a console profile for each of the profiles 1 through 8. See the procedure to configure a user account on a managed device in the NSP System Administrator Guide for information about creating console profiles.


Configure SNMPv3.

  1. Click on the SNMPv3 tab.

  2. Configure the authentication and privacy parameters. Ensure the NEs support a valid combination of authentication and privacy protocols.

  3. Specify an authentication key generated using To configure NE LI user security for the New Authentication Password and Confirm New Auth Password parameters.

  4. Specify an encryption key generated using To configure NE LI user security for the New Privacy Password and Confirm New Privacy Password parameters.


Save the changes and close the forms.

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