User Guide

240 Chapter 6 Configuring authentication
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When you first create the method, you are prompted to specify the type. For
Nortel Secure Network Access Switch Software Release 1.0, valid options are:
• RADIUS
•LDAP
•local
The selected method type determines the remainder of the parameters you are
prompted to provide when you create the method, as well as the submenu options
that are provided on the Authentication menu.
The
Authentication menu includes the following options:
/cfg/domain 1/aaa/auth <auth ID>
followed by:
type
radius|ldap|local
Sets the authentication mechanism. The type selected
determines which submenu option will display.
name <name>
Names or renames the method. After you have defined
a name for the method, you can use either the method
name or the
auth ID to access the Authentication
menu.
•
name is a string that must be unique in the domain.
The maximum allowable length of the string is 255
characters, but Nortel recommends a maximum of
32 characters.
In future releases of the Nortel SNAS 4050 software,
you will be able to reference this string in a client filter,
so that authentication to the server in question
becomes a condition for access rights for a group.
display
Specifies a name for the method, to display in the Login
Service list box on the portal login page, together with
the names of other authentication services available.