SMC Networks SMC TigerAccess SMC7824M/FSW User Manual

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ONFIGURING

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OCAL

/R

EMOTE

L

OGON

A

UTHENTICATION

6-5

RADIUS Settings

- Global – Provides globally applicable RADIUS settings.
- ServerIndex – Specifies one of five RADIUS servers that may be

configured. The switch attempts authentication using the listed
sequence of servers. The process ends when a server either approves
or denies access to a user.

- Server IP Address – Address of authentication server.

(Default: 10.1.0.1)

- Server Port Number – Network (UDP) port of authentication server

used for authentication messages. (Range: 1-65535; Default: 1812)

- Secret Text String – Encryption key used to authenticate logon

access for client. Do not use blank spaces in the string. (Maximum
length: 48 characters)

- Number of Server Transmits – Number of times the switch tries to

authenticate logon access via the authentication server. (Range: 1-30;
Default: 2)

- Timeout for a reply – The number of seconds the switch waits for a

reply from the RADIUS server before it resends the request. (Range:
1-65535; Default: 5)

TACACS Settings

- Server IP Address – Address of the TACACS+ server.

(Default: 10.11.12.13)

- Server Port Number – Network (TCP) port of TACACS+ server

used for authentication messages. (Range: 1-65535; Default: 49)

- Secret Text String – Encryption key used to authenticate logon

access for client. Do not use blank spaces in the string. (Maximum
length: 48 characters)

Note: The local switch user database has to be set up by manually

entering user names and passwords using the CLI. (See
“username” on page 21-2.
)

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