Users Guide

• local: use the password for the userid contained in the local password database.
• none: no authentication. Not available if role-only is in use.
• radius: use the RADIUS servers congured with the radius-server host
command.
• tacacs+: use the TACACS+ servers congured with the tacacs-server host
command.
... method4 (OPTIONAL) Enter up to four additional methods. In the event of a “no response” from
the rst method, the system applies the next congured method (up to four congured
methods).
Defaults Not congured (that is, no authentication is performed).
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.11(0.0) Included a prompt to force the users to re-authenticate, when re-authentication is
enabled.
9.10(0.1) Introduced on the S6010-ON and S4048T-ON.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S3148.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S6100-ON.
9.8(2.0 Introduced on the S3100 series.
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100-ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.5(0.1) Added support for roles Z9500.
9.5(0.0) Added support for roles on the Z9000, S6000, S4820T, S4810, MXL
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-6.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage Information
By default, the locally congured username password is used. If you congure aaa authentication login
default, Dell Networking OS uses the methods this command denes for login instead.
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