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Dell PowerConnect ArubaOS 5.0 | User Guide Authentication Servers | 233
In the WebUI
1. Navigate to the Configuration > Security > Authentication > Servers page.
2. Select Radius Server to display the Radius Server List.
3. To configure a RADIUS server, enter the name for the server and click Add.
4. Select the name to configure server parameters. Enter parameters as described in Table 43. Select the Mode
checkbox to activate the authentication server.
5. Click Apply to apply the configuration.
In the CLI
aaa authentication-server radius <name>
host <ipaddr>
key <key>
enable
RADIUS Server Authentication Codes
A configured RADIUS server will return the following standard response codes.
NAS IP NAS IP address to send in RADIUS packets.
You can configure a “global” NAS IP address that the controller uses for communications with all
RADIUS servers. If you do not configure a server-specific NAS IP, the global NAS IP is used. To set the
global NAS IP in the WebUI, navigate to the Configuration > Security > Authentication > Advanced
page. To set the global NAS IP in the CLI, enter the ip radius nas-ip ipaddr command.
Default: N/A
Use MD5 Use MD5 hash of cleartext password.
Default: disabled
Mode Enables or disables the server.
Default: enabled
Table 43 RADIUS Server Configuration Parameters (Continued)
Parameter Description
Note: The configuration does not take effect until you perform this step.
Table 44 RADIUS Authentication Response Codes
Code Description
0 Authentication OK.
1 Authentication failed—user/password combination not correct.
2 Authentication request timed out—No response from server.
3 Internal authentication error.
4 Bad Response from RADIUS server. Verify shared secret is correct.
5 No RADIUS authentication server is configured.
6 Challenge from server. (This does not necessarily indicate an error condition.)