Dell 6024 Switch User Manual


 
194 Configuring System Information
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Configuring RADIUS Settings
Remote Authorization Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) servers provide additional security for
networks. The RADIUS server maintains a user database, which contains per-user authentication
information. RADIUS servers provide a centralized authentication method for:
Telnet Access
Web Access
Console to Switch Access
The
RADIUS Settings
page contains both user-defined and the default RADIUS settings.
To open the
RADIUS Settings
page, click
System Management
Security
RADIUS
in the tree
view.
Figure 6-51. RADIUS Settings
The
RADIUS Settings
page contains the following fields:
IP Address
— IP address of the authentication port.
Priority (0-65535)
— Indicates the port priority. The possible values are 0-65535.
Authentication Port
— Identifies the authentication port that is used to verify the RADIUS server
authentication.
Number of Retries (1-10)
— Number of transmitted requests sent to the RADIUS server before a
failure occurs. Possible field values are 1 - 10. Three is the default value. If no host-specific value is
specified, the global value applies to each host. Click
Use Default
to use the default value.