KB.15.15

Messages related to RADIUS Operation

Table 8 Messages related to RADIUS operation

MeaningMessage

The switch is attempting to contact the TACACS+ server identified in the

switch’s tacacsserver configuration as the first-choice (or only) TACACS+

server.

Connecting to TACACS server

The switch was not able to contact the first-choice TACACS+ server, and is

now attempting to contact the next (secondary) TACACS+ server identified in

the switch’s tacacs-server configuration.

Connecting to secondary TACACS

server

The system does not recognize the username or the password or both.

Depending on the authentication method (tacacs or local), either the TACACS+

Invalid password

server application did not recognize the username/password pair or the

username/password pair did not match the username/password pair

configured in the switch.

The switch has not been able to contact any designated TACACS+ servers.

If this message is followed by the Username prompt, the switch is attempting

local authentication.

No TACACS server(s) responding.

For console access, if you select tacacs as the primary authentication method,

you must select local as the secondary authentication method. This prevents

Not legal combination of authentication

methods.

you from being locked out of the switch if all designated TACACS+ servers

are inaccessible to the switch.

When resulting from a tacacs-server host <ip addr> command, indicates an

attempt to enter a duplicate TACACS+ server IP address.

Record already exists

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