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Chapter 4 BCM50 Security Policies and Accounts and Privileges 85
BCM50 Administration Guide
3 Click on the Configuration tab in the details area and enter the following attributes:
4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to configure the secondary server.
Vendor specific attributes
The BCM requires Vendor Specific Attributes (VSAs) to be present in RADIUS client requests.
The BCM Webpage provides a RADIUS dictionary that defines the Nortel-specific attributes. The
attributes in the dictionary are defined for a Funk RADIUS server; however, the RADIUS client in
BCM complies with RFC 2865 and can be used on other RADIUS servers.
In an ACCESS-REQUEST message, the BCM will look for the attributes listed in Table 18.
Table 18 Attributes in an ACCESS-REQUEST message
In an ACCESS-ACCEPT message, the BCM will look for the attributes listed in Table 19.
Server Port
Port number of the server to be used for
authentication
Enabled
Check to enable the use of a RADIUS server
authentication.
Column Value
Shared Secret
Key required for the BCM to communicate with
the authentication server
Server Message Timeout
Length of time to wait for the server to respond to
a request for authentication before timing out
Server Retries
Number of times to retry connecting with the
primary server before using an alternate means of
authenticating the user.
Attribute Name Description
NAS Identifier
The hostname of the BCM (string)
IP
The IP address of the BCM
Calling Station ID
The IP address/DN of the client attempting the
request