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Polycom RealPresence DMA System SNMP Support
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4 Click OK.
The user displays in the Notification Users list.
Edit Notification User Dialog Box
The Edit Notification User dialog box lets you modify a security user authorized to receive SNMPv3
notifications.
Add an SNMP Notification Agent
The Add Notification Agent dialog box lets you add an SNMP agent to the system, specifying what kinds
of notifications it sends and to whom. To limit the effect on system performance, a maximum of 8 agents
may be defined.
To add an SNMP notification agent to the system
1 Click Add Agent.
2 Configure the settings in the Add Notification Agent dialog box.
Setting Description
Security user The security user name authorized to receive notifications (Traps or Informs).
Authentication type The authentication protocol. These protocols are used to create unique
fixed-size message digests of a variable length message.
Possible values for authentication protocol are:
• MD5—Creates a digest of 128 bits (16 bytes).
• SHA—Creates a digest of 160 bits (20 bytes).
Both methods include the authentication key with the SNMPv3 packet and
then generate a digest of the entire SNMPv3 packet.
Authentication password
Confirm password
The authentication password that’s used, together with the local engine ID, to
create the authentication key used by the MD5 or SHA message digest.
Encryption type The privacy protocol for the connection between the DMA system and the
SNMP agent:
• DES—Uses a 56-bit key with a 56-bit salt to encrypt the SNMPv3 packet.
• AES—Uses a 128-bit key with a 128-bit salt to encrypt the SNMPv3 packet.
Encryption password
Confirm password
The password that’s used, together with the local engine ID, to create the
encryption key used by the privacy protocol.
Field Description
Enable agent Select to enable the notification agent.
Clear to stop using this agent without deleting it.
Transport The transport protocol for SNMP communications to the host receiver (TCP or UDP).
Address The IP address of the host receiver (the SNMP manager to which this agent sends
notifications).