snmpv3 inform problems

[Frank Fock]

Hi Mike,

If you use the standard mechanism of AGENT++ to send an
inform request (NotificationOriginator or via Mib::notify)
then the target system needs to support engine ID discovery.

If you use SNMP++ directly, you should be able to provide
the target's engine ID.

Do you know whether SilverCreek provides engine ID discovery?

Best regards,
Frank

Buchan, Mike wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying to send informs to an snmpv3 testing system (SilverCreek) and am
> having no success.  I have created user, auth and priv information to be the
> same in the agent and the target system.  When I send the inform, the test
> software receives it and returns and usmStatsUnknonwEngineID report in
> return.  It looks to me like my implementation of snmp++ or agent++ is not
> discovering the engineID for the target system to be used in the inform
> messages.  
> 
> Is there something special I need to do to configure the software to do the
> discovery?  Is it necessary and/or possible to manually define the target
> engine ID to be used for informs?  
> 
> I really need to resolve this quickly.  Any help you might be able to give
> would be appreciated.
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> Mike Buchan
>