How to add an SNMPv3 configuration

Select Menu Settings.
Select the SNMP tab.
Select Plus to start adding a new SNMP configuration.
Select Version 3.
In Configuration name, enter a name for the configuration.
In Username, enter the SNMP user name exactly as it is on the printers.
Select a Security level for communication:
- No authentication and no privacy
- Authentication and no privacy
- Authentication and privacy
If required, select an Authentication protocol, and in Authentication key, enter the key.
If required, select a Privacy protocol, and in Privacy key, enter the key.
In Context name, enter the context name as it is on the printers.
In Networks:
- If the configuration should be assigned to all networks, set it to Global.
- If the configuration should be assigned to specific networks only, select Select, then select the appropriate networks.
Select Save.

Printer vendor’s SNMPv3 context names

For most printer vendors, the context name can be left blank. For HP, it must be Jetdirect.