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Chapter 10: System Settings BMD00082, February 2009
Remote User Administration
Use this window to manage remote user authorization for RADIUS or TACACS+.
RADIUS
VSE SmartConnect software supports the RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-in User Ser-
vice) method to authenticate and authorize remote administrators for managing the switch. The
VSE SmartConnect software acts as a RADIUS client and communicates to the RADIUS
server which authenticates and authorizes a remote administrator.
Table 10-6 RADIUS Fields
Field Description
Radius Enables or disables the RADIUS server.
Port Displays the number of the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port for
RADIUS.
Radius Primary Server Defines the primary RADIUS server IP address.
Radius Secondary Server Defines the secondary RADIUS server IP address.
Radius Secret Sets the shared secret between the Virtual Switch Extension (VSE) for
IBM BladeCenter, SmartConnect, and the RADIUS server(s).
Radius timeout Displays the amount of time, in seconds, before a RADIUS server authen-
tication attempt is considered to have failed.
Radius retries Displays the number of failed authentication requests before switching to
a different RADIUS server.
Radius Backdoor for telnet/
ssh/http/https
Displays the status of the RADIUS back door for Telnet/SSH/ HTTP/
HTTPS.
Radius Secure Backdoor
for telnet/ssh/http/https
Displays the status of the RADIUS back door using secure password for
Telnet/SSH/ HTTP/HTTPS.