Reference Guide

784 | Security
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To view the configuration, use the show config command in the LINE mode or the show running-config in
the EXEC Privilege mode.
You can create multiple method lists and assign them to different terminal lines.
Enable AAA Authentication
To enable AAA authentication, use the following command in the CONFIGURATION mode:
If the default list is not set, only the local enable is checked. This has the same effect as issuing:
aaa authentication enable default enable
AAA Authentication—RADIUS
To enable authentication from the RADIUS server, and use TACACS as a backup, use the following
commands:
Note: Dell Force10 recommends that you use the none method only as a backup. This method
does not authenticate users. The none and enable methods do not work with SSH.
Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
aaa authentication enable
{method-list-name | default} method1 [...
method4]
CONFIGURATION • default—Uses the listed authentication
methods that follow this argument as the
default list of methods when a user logs in.
• method-list-name—Character string used to
name the list of enable authentication methods
activated when a user logs in.
• method1 [... method4]—Any of the
following: RADIUS, TACACS, enable, line,
none.
Step Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
1 aaa authentication enable default
radius tacacs
CONFIGURATION To enable RADIUS and to set up TACACS
as backup.
2 radius-server host x.x.x.x key
some-password
CONFIGURATION To establish host address and password.
3 tacacs-server host x.x.x.x key
some-password
CONFIGURATION To establish host address and password.