Network Management

Enable SNMPv3 access for layer 2/3 Bridge MIBs for Cisco IOS

This article provides information on enabling the ACL for layer 2/3 MIB.

First published date

10/12/2018 3:43 PM

Last published date

12/5/2022 6:59 AM

Overview

This article provides information on enabling the ACL for layer 2/3 MIB.

In the compatibility checker, you will see an authorization error for layer 2 OIDs:

Product section

User Device Tracker

Resolution

The following is a list of SNMPv3 commands used to communicate to UDT:

Please refer to the following detailed information from a vendor on appropriate configurations before reading further: Securing Simple Network Management Protocol - infrastructure ACLs (© 1992-2018 Cisco, available at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/index.html, obtained on October 12, 2018).

These commands can be performed in any order.

snmp-server view "VIEW" internet included
snmp-server view "VIEW" system included
snmp-server view "VIEW" interfaces included
snmp-server view "VIEW" chassis included
snmp-server group ???? v3 priv write ????
snmp-server view "VIEW" mib-2 included
snmp-server group ????? v3 auth context vlan- match prefix
snmp-server user ???? "GROUP" v3 auth md5 PASSWORD priv des PASSWORD

Further troubleshooting steps can be found here: SNMPv3 BRIDGE-MIB commands need to be added to Cisco devices

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