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Alteon OS Application Guide
Chapter 1: Accessing the Switch
4542C4911, January 2007
1. Turn RADIUS authentication on, then configure the Primary and Secondary RADIUS
servers.
2. Configure the RADIUS secret.
3. If desired, you may change the default UDP port number used to listen to RADIUS.
The well-known port for RADIUS is 1645.
4. Configure the number retry attempts for contacting the RADIUS server, and the timeout
period.
>> Main# /cfg/sys/radius (Select the RADIUS Server menu)
>> RADIUS Server# on (Turn RADIUS on)
Current status: OFF
New status: ON
>> RADIUS Server# prisrv 10.10.1.1 (Enter primary server IP)
Current primary RADIUS server: 0.0.0.0
New pending primary RADIUS server: 10.10.1.1
>> RADIUS Server# secsrv 10.10.1.2 (Enter secondary server IP)
Current secondary RADIUS server: 0.0.0.0
New pending secondary RADIUS server: 10.10.1.2
>> RADIUS Server# secret
Enter new RADIUS secret: <1-32 character secret>
!
CAUTION—If you configure the RADIUS secret using any method other than through the con-
sole port or management module, the secret may be transmitted over the network as clear text.
>> RADIUS Server# port
Current RADIUS port: 1645
Enter new RADIUS port [1500-3000]: <UDP port number>
>> RADIUS Server# retries
Current RADIUS server retries: 3
Enter new RADIUS server retries [1-3]: < server retries>
>> RADIUS Server# time
Current RADIUS server timeout: 3
Enter new RADIUS server timeout [1-10]: 10 (Enter the timeout period in minutes)