Description
If SNMPv3 is used in the environment, a fixed engine ID may be required to configure SNMP traps for the appliance. The following products use a fixed engine ID that follows the RFC3411 standard:
- NetBackup Appliance 5.3 and later
- Flex 4.0 and later
Note: Earlier versions of these products have a variable engine ID.
Use the following algorithm to manually calculate the engine ID:
- Go to SNMP configuration page to check the SNMP version.
- The SNMPv3 engine ID is an octet string in hex format. The first part of the string is always
8000bcc804. - The rest of the string consists of the appliance serial number that has been converted to ASCII hex code. An online converter can be used to convert the serial number into to hex code: https://tools.onecompiler.com/string-to-hex.
For example: If the appliance serial number is VTAS1111111, the ASCII hex code is:5654415331313131313131
Combine these two strings to determine the engine ID.
For example, the engine ID for the appliance serial number VTAS1111111 is: 8000bcc8045654415331313131313131
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