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Enable Administrators to View Data in Clear Text

By default, secure data is encrypted in the Add and Edit SNMP Profiles pages. As a result, it can be difficult to troubleshoot issues with SNMP polling.

You can let selected users see the Community that a profile is using, or the SNMPv3 authentication or privacy password, in clear text.

Note: The ability to view secure SNMP data in clear text is restricted to the predefined Administrator role.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in as a user with the Administrator role.
2. Navigate to the Manage Roles page.

   The page displays the current list of roles.

3. Select the Administrator role, and click Edit. The role right to view SNMP Clear Text is only available to this predefined role.

   The Edit Role dialog opens.

4. Select Performance Center, and click Edit.

   The Edit Role Rights dialog lets you select individual access rights for this role.

   Assigned role rights are grayed out because they are read-only for this role.

5. Select the SNMP Clear Text role right.
6. Click the right arrow to move it from the Available Rights list to the Selected Rights list.
7. Click Save.

   The changes to the role are saved.

   By default, you have provided yourself with the ability to view secure SNMP data in clear text. The predefined Administrator role is assigned only to the global administrator by default. To let another user troubleshoot SNMP profiles and view security information in clear text, assign the Administrator role to another user account.