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RADIUS Authentication and Accounting
Configuring the Switch for RADIUS Authentication
3. Configure the Switch’s Global RADIUS Parameters
You can configure the switch for the following global RADIUS parameters:
■ Number of login attempts: In a given session, specifies how many
tries at entering the correct username and password pair are allowed
before access is denied and the session terminated. (This is a general
aaa authentication parameter and is not specific to RADIUS.)
■ Global server key: The server key the switch will use for contacts
with all RADIUS servers for which there is not a server-specific key
configured by radius-server host < ip-address > key < key-string >. This
key is optional if you configure a server-specific key for each RADIUS
server entered in the switch. (Refer to “2. Configure the Switch To
Access a RADIUS Server” on page 5-10.)
■ Server timeout: Defines the time period in seconds for authentica-
tion attempts. If the timeout period expires before a response is
received, the attempt fails.
■ Server dead time: Specifies the time in minutes during which the
switch avoids requesting authentication from a server that has not
responded to previous requests.
■ Retransmit attempts: If the first attempt to contact a RADIUS
server fails, specifies how many retries you want the switch to attempt
on that server.