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3-16 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
Publication Number: 53-0000518-09
Setting Up RADIUS AAA Service
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To display the current RADIUS configuration
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter this command:
If a configuration exists, its parameters are displayed. If RADIUS service is not configured, only the
parameter heading line is displayed. Parameters include:
To add a RADIUS server to the switch configuration
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter this command:
To enable or disable RADIUS service
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter this command:
Specifying on enables the service; specifying off disables it.
switch:admin> aaaConfig --show
Position The order in which servers are contacted to provide service
Server The server names or IP addresses
Port The server ports
Secret The shared secrets
Timeouts The length of time servers have to respond before the next server is contacted
Authentication The type of authentication being used on servers
switch:admin> aaaConfig --add server [-p port] [-s secret] [-t timeout]
[-a pap | chap]
server Enter either a server name or IP address. Avoid duplicating server listings (that
is, listing the same server once by name and again by IP address). Up to five
servers can be added to the configuration.
-p port Optionally, enter a server port. The default is port 1812.
-s secret Optionally, enter a shared secret. The default is “sharedsecret”. Secrets can be
from 8 to 40 alphanumeric characters long. Make sure that the secret matches
that configured on the server.
-t timeout Optionally, enter the length of time (in seconds) that the server has to respond
before the next server is contacted. The default is three seconds. Timeout values
can range from 1 to 30 seconds.
-a[pap|chap] Specify PAP or CHAP as authentication protocol.
switch:admin> aaaConfig --radius on | off