User Guide

Chapter 6 Configuring authentication 269
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Configuring authentication using the SREM
The basic steps for configuring and managing authentication are:
1 Create the authentication methods.
2 Configure specific settings for the methods.
3 Specify the order in which the authentication methods will be applied.
Perform this step even if you define only one method on the Nortel
SNAS 4050.
4 Commit the configuration changes.
To configure authentication on the Nortel SNAS 4050 using the SREM, refer to
the following tasks:
• “Configuring authentication methods using the SREM” on page 270
• “Configuring RADIUS authentication using the SREM” on page 271
• “Configuring LDAP authentication using the SREM” on page 282
• “Configuring local database authentication using the SREM” on page 298
• “Specifying authentication fallback order using the SREM” on page 314
• “Saving authentication settings” on page 316