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Changing the NerveCenter SNMP v3 User Name and Context

Before NerveCenter can poll SNMP v3 agents, the agents must be configured to support a NerveCenter user and context. By default the user name is NCUser and the context is NCContext. If you change these values on your agents, you must make the same change in NerveCenter Administrator. You may want to change the user name and context on a regular basis to ensure privacy, or if you have multiple NerveCenter managing different categories of devices, you may want a different user name and context associated with each category.

 
  To change the user name or context:

1. Open NerveCenter Administrator and connect to the appropriate NerveCenter Server. See Connecting Administrator to a NerveCenter Server.
2. Select the SNMPv3 tab.

   The SNMPv3 page is displayed.

   The SNMPv3 Page in NerveCenter Administrator

   

3. Enter enter the new user name in the User field. Select the existing text and type the name you want.
4. Enter the new context in the Context field.
5. Select Save.

NerveCenter is configured with the new user name and context and will use these names when communicating with managed nodes.