Interpreting Varbinds in Report Packets

If an SNMPv3 request packet is to be rejected by an SNMP agent, the agent sends a report packet that contains one or more varbinds. The varbinds contain additional information, showing the cause of failures. An SNMP manager application decodes the description from the varbind. The following table presents a list of varbinds supported by the SNMP agent.

Varbinds Supported by an SNMP Agent

Varbind Object Identifier

Description

1. 3. 6. 1. 6. 3. 11. 2. 1. 3. 0

Unknown packet data unit.

1. 3. 6. 1. 6. 3. 12. 1. 5. 0

The value of the varbind shows the engine ID that must be used in the snmp-server engineid command.

1. 3. 6. 1. 6. 3. 15. 1. 1. 1. 0

Unsupported security level.

1. 3. 6. 1. 6. 3. 15. 1. 1. 2. 0

Not in time packet.

1. 3. 6. 1. 6. 3. 15. 1. 1. 3. 0

Unknown user name. This varbind may also be generated:

  • If the configured ACL for this user filters out this packet.
  • If the group associated with the user is unknown.

1. 3. 6. 1. 6. 3. 15. 1. 1. 4. 0

Unknown engine ID. The value of this varbind is the correct authoritative engine ID that should be used.

1. 3. 6. 1. 6. 3. 15. 1. 1. 5. 0

Wrong digest.

1. 3. 6. 1. 6. 3. 15. 1. 1. 6. 0

Decryption error.