Cisco Systems VPN 3000 Switch User Manual


 
Configuration | System | Servers | Authentication | Test
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VPN 3000 Concentrator Series User Guide
Yes / No
To delete the internal authentication server, click Yes. There is no undo. The Manager returns to the
Configuration | System | Servers | Authentication screen and shows the remaining entries in the Authentication
Servers
list.
To not delete the internal authentication server, click
No. The Manager returns to the Configuration |
System | Servers | Authentication
screen, and the Authentication Servers list is unchanged.
Reminder: The Manager immediately includes your changes in the active configuration. To save the active
configuration and make it the boot configuration, click the
Save Needed icon at the top of the Manager
window.
Configuration | System | Servers | Authentication | Test
This screen let you test a configured external user authentication server to determine that:
The VPN Concentrator is communicating properly with the authentication server.
The server correctly authenticates a valid user.
The server correctly rejects an invalid user.
Figure 5-8: Configuration | System | Servers | Authentication | Test screen
User Name
To test connectivity and valid authentication, enter the username for a valid user who has been
configured on the authentication server. Maximum 32 characters, case-sensitive.
To test connectivity and authentication rejection, enter a username that is invalid on the authentication
server.
Password
Enter the password for the username above. Maximum 32 characters, case-sensitive. The field displays
only asterisks.
OK / Cancel
To send the username and password to the selected authentication server, click OK. The authentication
and response process takes a few seconds. The Manager displays a
Success or Error screen; see below.