Configuring Authentication

To configure the authentication type for SNMPv3 users:

  1. 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
  2. Specify the authentication password.
    user@host# set authentication-password authentication-password

    The password must be at least eight characters.