Dell PowerVault ME5 Series Storage System Deployment Guide

Set up SNMPv3 users

SNMP3 users must exist on the system to add them to PowerVault Manager.

1. Click Create SNMPv3 User.
2. Enter information for the new user:
   • • Username—A username is case sensitive and can have a maximum of 29 bytes. The name cannot already exist in the system, include spaces, or include any of the following: " , < \
     • Password—A password is case sensitive and can have from 8 to 32 printable characters. If the password contains only ASCII characters, it must contain at least one uppercase character, one lowercase character, one numeric character, and one non-alphanumeric character. A password can include UTF-8 characters except for the following: a space or " ' , < > \
   • Authentication Type. Select whether to use MD5 or SHA (SHA-1) authentication, or no authentication. If authentication is enabled, the password set in the Password and Confirm Password fields must include a minimum of 8 characters and follow the other SNMPv3 privacy password rules.
   • Privacy Type. Select whether to use DES or AES encryption, or no encryption. To use encryption you must also set a privacy password and enable authentication.
   • Privacy Password. If the privacy type is set to use encryption, specify an encryption password. This password is case sensitive and can have from 8 to 32 characters. If the password contains only printable ASCII characters, then it must contain at least one uppercase character, one lowercase character, one numeric character, and one non-alphabetic character. A password can include printable UTF-8 characters except for the following: a space or " ' , < > \
   • Trap Host Address. Specify the network address of the host system that will receive SNMP traps. The value can be an IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or FQDN.
3. Click Create SNMP3 User.
4. Continue to add new users, and click Apply And Continue when complete.