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Drop php-snmp uninstall guidance for SNMPv3 #233

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7 changes: 3 additions & 4 deletions Devices.md
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Expand Up @@ -71,10 +71,9 @@ When providing the SNMP credentials, Cacti currently supports the following vers

- **Version 1** - Rarely used any more. Reserved for very old hardware
- **Version 2** - Still very popular, and support 64 bit counters except on Windows
- **Version 3** - Support is provided, but there are presently a limitation. If you
are using advanced settings such as SHA224+ or AES192+ with SNMPv3, you must
uninstall the php-snmp module if it's in use in php and leverage the Net-SNMP
binaries instead.
- **Version 3** - Fully supported, including advanced settings such as SHA224+
or AES192+ with SNMPv3. Cacti automatically leverages the Net-SNMP binaries
where needed, so there is no need to uninstall the php-snmp module.

When providing the SNMP Credentials, Cacti will warn you if you have provided
incomplete information depending on the SNMP Version and SNMP Security Level
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion How-to-Graph-Your-Network.md
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Expand Up @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ host.
- **SNMP Port** - UDP port number to use for SNMP (default is 161).

- **SNMP Timeout** - Maximum number of milliseconds Cacti will wait for an SNMP
response (does not work with php-snmp support).
response.

- **Maximum OID's Per Get Request** - This is a performance feature. Specifies
the number of OID's that can be obtained in a single SNMP Get request.
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