Configuring Authentication

To configure the authentication type for SNMPv3 users:

From configuration mode, access the configuration statement that configures the authentication type.
To configure MD5 authentication:
user@host# edit snmp v3 usm local-engine user username authentication-md5
To configure SHA authentication:
user@host# edit snmp v3 usm local-engine user username authentication-sha
Specify the authentication password. user@host# set authentication-password authentication-password
The password must be at least eight characters.