Configuring the Local Engine ID

By default, the local engine ID uses the default IP address of the router. The local engine ID is the administratively unique identifier for the SNMPv3 engine. This statement is optional. To configure the local engine ID, include the engine-id statement at the [edit snmp] hierarchy level:

[edit snmp]

engine-id {

    (local engine-id-suffix | use-default-ip-address | use-mac-address);

}

• local engine-id-suffix—The engine ID suffix is explicitly configured.
• use-default-ip-address—The engine ID suffix is generated from the default IP address.
• use-mac-address—The SNMP engine identifier is generated from the MAC address of the management interface on the routing platform.

The local engine ID is defined as the administratively unique identifier of an SNMPv3 engine, and is used for identification, not for addressing. There are two parts of an engine ID: prefix and suffix. The prefix is formatted according to the specifications defined in RFC 3411, An Architecture for Describing Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks. You can configure the suffix here.

NOTE: SNMPv3 authentication and encryption keys are generated based on the associated passwords and the engine ID. If you configure or change the engine ID, you must commit the new engine ID before you configure SNMPv3 users. Otherwise the keys generated from the configured passwords will be based on the previous engine ID. For the engine ID, we recommend using the MAC address of fxp0.