ProLiant BL p-Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch Application Guide

Accessing the GbE2 Interconnect Switch 19
c. Enter the IP address of the primary and secondary RADIUS servers, and enter the RADIUS secret for
each server. Enable the RADIUS server.
CAUTION: If you configure the RADIUS secret using any method other than a direct console connection, the
secret may be transmitted over the network as clear text.
d. Click Submit.
2. Apply, verify, and save the configuration.
RADIUS authentication features
The GbE2 Interconnect Switch supports the following RADIUS authentication features:
• Supports RADIUS client on the GbE2 Interconnect Switch, based on the protocol definitions in RFC 2138
and RFC 2866.
• Allows RADIUS secret password up to 32 bytes.
• Supports secondary authentication server so that when the primary authentication server is unreachable, the
GbE2 Interconnect Switch can send client authentication requests to the secondary authentication server.
Use the /cfg/sys/radius/cur command to show the currently active RADIUS authentication server.
• Supports user-configurable RADIUS server retry and time-out values:
• Time-out value = 1-10 seconds
• Retries = 1-3
• The GbE2 Interconnect Switch will time out if it does not receive a response from the RADIUS server in one
to three retries. The GbE2 Interconnect Switch will also automatically retry connecting to the RADIUS server
before it declares the server down.
• Supports user-configurable RADIUS application port. The default is 1645/User Datagram Protocol (UDP)-
based on RFC 2138. Port 1812 is also supported.