User manual

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH
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Command Attributes
• Authentication – Select the authentication, or authentication
sequence required:
- Local – User authentication is performed only locally by the
switch.
- Radius – User authentication is performed using a RADIUS server
only.
- TACACS – User authentication is performed using a TACACS+
server only.
- [authentication sequence] – User authentication is performed by up
to three authentication methods in the indicated sequence.
• RADIUS Settings
- Server IP Address – Address of authentication server.
(Default: 10.1.0.1)
- 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 send an authentication request to 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)