Users Guide

48 | Configuring AMP Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave |Version 7.3

Configuring Timeout, Login Message, TACACS+ and RADIUS

Authentication

As of 7.3, AMP uses session-based authentication with a configurable login message and idle timeout. As an

option, you can set AMP to use an external user database to simplify password management for AMP

administrators and users. This section contains the following procedures to be followed in AMP Setup >

Authentication:

 Setting Up Login Configuration Options

 Configuring RADIUS Authentication and Authorization

 Integrating a RADIUS Accounting Server

Setting Up Login Configuration Options

Administrators can optionally configure AMP’s user idle timeout or a message-of-the-day that appears across the

top of Home > Overview when a user first logs in, as shown in Figure 22:

Figure 22 Login configuration field and results in AMP Login page

1. Go to AMP Setup > Authentication.

2. Complete the fields described on Table 22:

3. Select Save if you are finished, or you can follow the next procedure to configure TACACS+ and RADIUS

Authentication options.

Table 22 Login Configuration section of AMP Setup > Authentication

Field Default Description

AMP User Idle

Timeout

60 Number of minutes of idle time until AMP automatically ends the user session. Affects all

users of this AMP. The range is 10-240 minutes.