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• RADIUS Settings
- Global – Provides globally applicable RADIUS settings.
- ServerIndex – Specifies one of five RADIUS servers that may be
configured. The switch attempts authentication using the listed
sequence of servers. The process ends when a server either approves
or denies access to a user.
- Server Port Number – Network (UDP) port of authentication
server used for authentication messages.
(Range: 1-65535; Default: 1812)
- Secret Text String – Encryption key used to authenticate logon
access for client. Do not use blank spaces in the string.
(Maximum length: 20 characters)
- Number of Server Transmits – Number of times the switch tries
to authenticate logon access via the authentication server. (Range:
1-30; Default: 2)
- Timeout for a reply – The number of seconds the switch waits for
a reply from the RADIUS server before it resends the request.
(Range: 1-65535; Default: 5)
• TACACS Settings
- Server IP Address – Address of the TACACS+ server.
(Default: 10.11.12.13)
- Server Port Number – Network (TCP) port of TACACS+ server
used for authentication messages.
(Range: 1-65535; Default: 49)
- Secret Text String – Encryption key used to authenticate logon
access for client. Do not use blank spaces in the string.
(Maximum length: 20 characters)
Note: The local switch user database has to be set up by manually
entering user names and passwords using the CLI.
(See “username” on page 4-34.)