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Chapter 44 TACACS+ Configuration 
44.1 Introduction to TACACS+ 
TACACS+ terminal access controller access control protocol is a protocol similar to the radius 
protocol  for  control  the  terminal  access  to  the  network.  Three  independent  functions  of 
Authentication,  Authorization, Accounting  are  also  available  in  this protocol.  Compared with 
RADIUS, the transmission layer of TACACS+ protocol is adopted with TCP protocol, further 
with the packet head ( except for standard packet head) encryption, this protocol is of a more 
reliable transmission and encryption characteristics, and is more adapted to security control. 
According  to  the  characteristics  of  the  TACACS+  (Version  1.78),  we  provide  TACACS+ 
authentication function on the switch, when the user logs, such as telnet, the authentication of 
user name and password can be carried out with TACACS+. 
44.2 TACACS+ Configuration Task List 
1.  Configure the TACACS+ authentication key 
2.  Configure the TACACS+ server 
3.  Configure the TACACS+ authentication timeout time 
4.  Configure the IP address of the RADIUS NAS 
1.  Configure the TACACS+ authentication key 
Command 
Explanation 
Global Mode 
tacacs-server key {0 | 7}<string> 
no tacacs-server key 
Configure  the  TACACS+  server  key;  the  “no 
tacacs-server key” command deletes the key. 
2.  Configure TACACS+ server 
Command 
Explanation 
Global Mode 
tacacs-server authentication host <ip-
address> [port <port-number>] [timeout 
<seconds>] [key {0 | 7} <string>] [primary] 
no tacacs-server authentication host <ip-
address> 
Configure  the  IP  address,  listening  port 
number, the  value  of  timeout  timer  and  the 
key string  of  the TACACS+  server; the  no 
form of this command deletes the TACACS+ 
authentication server. 
3.  Configure the TACACS+ authentication timeout time 










