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DES-3550 Fast Ethernet Layer 2 Switch
Enable Method Lists
The Enable Method Lists window is used to set up Method Lists to promote users with user level privileges to
Administrator (Admin) level privileges using authentication methods on the Switch. Once a user acquires normal user level
privileges on the Switch, he or she must be authenticated by a method on the Switch to gain administrator privileges on the
Switch, which is defined by the Administrator. A maximum of eight (8) Enable Method Lists can be implemented on the
Switch, one of which is a default Enable Method List. This default Enable Method List cannot be deleted but can be
configured.
The sequence of methods implemented in this command will affect the authentication result. For example, if a user enters a
sequence of methods like TACACS - XTACACS - Local Enable, the Switch will send an authentication request to the first
TACACS host in the server group. If no verification is found, the Switch will send an authentication request to the second
TACACS host in the server group and so on, until the list is exhausted. At that point, the Switch will restart the same
sequence with the following protocol listed, XTACACS. If no authentication takes place using the XTACACS list, the
Local Enable password set in the Switch is used to authenticate the user.
Successful authentication using any of these methods will give the user an "Admin" privilege.
NOTE: To set the Local Enable Password, see the next section, entitled Local
Enable Password.
To view the following table, click Security Management > Access Authentication Control > Enable Method Lists:
Figure 7- 14. Enable Method List Settings window.
To delete an Enable Method List defined by the user, click the
under the Delete heading corresponding to the entry
desired to be deleted. To modify an Enable Method List, click on its hyperlinked Method List Name. To configure a
Method List, click the Add button.
Both actions will result in the same screen to configure:
Figure 7- 15. Enable Method List - Edit window
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