Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0(1a)N1 (OL-16597-01, January 2009)

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Chapter 17 Configuring RADIUS
Configuring RADIUS Servers
• Allow specification of a RADIUS server at login
See the “Allowing Users to Specify a RADIUS Server at Login” section on page 17-8).
• Transmission retry count and timeout interval
See the “Configuring the Global RADIUS Transmission Retry Count and Timeout Interval” section
on page 17-9.
• Accounting and authentication attributes
See the “Configuring Accounting and Authentication Attributes for RADIUS Servers” section on
page 17-10.
Step 5 If needed, configure periodic RADIUS server monitoring.
See the “Configuring Periodic RADIUS Server Monitoring” section on page 17-11.
The following topics describe the RADIUS configuration procedure in more details:
• Configuring RADIUS Server Hosts, page 17-5
• Configuring Global Preshared Keys, page 17-6
• Configuring RADIUS Server Preshared Keys, page 17-6
• Configuring RADIUS Server Groups, page 17-7
• Allowing Users to Specify a RADIUS Server at Login, page 17-8
• Configuring the Global RADIUS Transmission Retry Count and Timeout Interval, page 17-9
• Configuring the RADIUS Transmission Retry Count and Timeout Interval for a Server, page 17-9
• Configuring Accounting and Authentication Attributes for RADIUS Servers, page 17-10
• Configuring Periodic RADIUS Server Monitoring, page 17-11
• Configuring the Dead-Time Interval, page 17-12
• Manually Monitoring RADIUS Servers or Groups, page 17-13
Configuring RADIUS Server Hosts
You must configure the IPv4 or IPv6 address or the host name for each RADIUS server that you want to
use for authentication. All RADIUS server hosts are added to the default RADIUS server group. You can
configure up to 64 RADIUS servers.
To configure a RADIUS server host, perform this task:
Command Purpose
Step 1
switch# configure terminal
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config) #radius-server host
{ipv4-address | ipv6-address |
host-name}
Specifies the IPv4 or IPv6 address or hostname for a
RADIUS server.
Step 3
switch(config)# exit
Exits configuration mode.
Step 4
switch# show radius-server
(Optional) Displays the RADIUS server configuration.
Step 5
switch# copy running-config
startup-config
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to the
startup configuration.