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1028 | External User Management Dell Networking W-Series ArubaOS 6.4.x| User Guide
Options Description Range / Defaults
ipaddr
IP address of the user in A.B.C.D format.
macaddr
MAC address of the user aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff format. Enter MAC address with
colon.
user
Name of the user. 64 character string
role
Role name assigned after authenticating. 64 character string
password
The password of the user used for authentication.
session_timeout
Session time-out in seconds. User will be
disconnected after this time.
authentication
Authentication method used to authenticate the
message and the sender. You can use any of MD5,
SHA-1 or clear text methods of authentication. This
option is ignored if shared secret is not configured.
It is, however, mandatory if it is configured.
key
This is the encoded SHA1/MD5 hash of shared
secret or plaintext shared secret.
This option is ignored if shared secret is not
configured on the switch.
The actual MD5/SHA-1 hash is 16/20 bytes and
consists of binary data. It must be encoded as an
ASCII based HEX string before sending. It must be
present when the controller is configured with an
xml-api key for the server. Encoded hash length is
32/40 bytes for MD5/SHA-1.
version
The version of the XML API interface available in
the controller. This field is mandatory is all
requests.
Current version 1.0
Table 226: Authentication Command Options
Monitoring External Captive Portal Usage Statistics
To check the external captive portal authentication statistics use the show aaa xml-api statistics
command. This command displays the number of times an authentication command was executed per client.
The command also displays the number of times an authentication event occurred and the number of new
authentication events that occurred since the last status check.
(host) # show aaa xml-api statistics
ECP Statistics
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Statistics 10.10.10.249
---------- ----------
user_authenticate 1 (0)
user_add 1 (0)
user_delete 1 (0)
user_blacklist 2 (0)
unknown user 2 (0)
unknown role 0 (0)
unknown external agent 0 (0)
authentication failed 0 (0)
invalid command 0 (0)
invalid message authentication method 0 (0)