`snmpv3 security-level`

Syntax

snmpv3 security-level {auth | auth-privacy}

no snmpv3 security-level {auth | auth-privacy}

Configures the SNMPv3 security level. The security level determines which SMNPv3 users defined by the command snmpv3 user are able to connect.

The no form of this command changes the security level as follows:

no snmpv3 security-level auth: Sets the security level to auth-privacy.
no snmpv3 security-level auth-privacy: Sets the security level to no authentication or privacy, allowing any SNMP user to connect.

config

auth: SNMPv3 users that support authentication, or authentication and privacy are allowed.
auth-privacy: Only SNMPv3 users with both authentication and privacy are allowed. This is the highest level of SNMPv3 security. Default.

Administrators or local user group members with execution rights for this command.

Setting the SNMPv3 security level to authentication and privacy:

switch(config)# snmpv3 security-level auth-privacy

Setting the SNMPv3 security level to authentication only:

switch(config)# snmpv3 security-level auth

Setting the SNMPv3 security level to no authentication and no privacy:

switch(config)# no snmpv3 security-level auth-privacy

Restoring the default SNMPv3 security level to authentication and privacy:

switch(config)# no snmpv3 security-level auth