SNMP v3 Context

[thebeacht]

Hi all,

Is there any option to add "context" to SNMP v3 Discovery credentials?

I'm running into an issue where there are devices in the environment that require SNMP v3 "context" and I don't see the option in the GUI form. I also don't see any mention of it in the wiki.

Thoughts?

Thanks all.

-Tim

[Ankush13]

Did you try discovering without setting context under credentials?

[tim_broberg · Accepted solution]

Not supported at this time. What's the use case like? Would this make life easier for a significant swath of users?

    - Tim.

[thebeacht]

Thanks ankush.l and tim.broberg

I did try scanning without context, but I received auth errors.

Right now, this affects ~22 devices out of a total of ~1500, so the volume is small. However, the impact in the larger scope is concerning as we move to an all v3 environment.

I will have conversations with my network SMEs to see if there are other methods of implementing SNMP v3 that do not require "context" while meeting their needs.

Does anyone know if this will be supported in a future release?

Thanks.

[tim_broberg]

I don't think anybody is really aware of the issue at this point. Is it just a string you need to pass in?