Configure the SNMP engine to provide services to send and receive messages, authenticate and encrypt messages, and control access to managed objects. A one-to-one association exists between an SNMP engine and the SNMP entity.
To perform the procedures in this section, you must log on to the Global Configuration mode in CLI. For more information about how to use CLI, see CLI Procedures.
This task flow shows you the sequence of procedures you perform to configure basic elements of SNMP when using CLI.