Tacacs/tacacs+ configuration considerations, Enabling tacacs, Tacacs configuration procedure – Brocade TurboIron 24X Series Configuration Guide User Manual

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Configuring TACACS/TACACS+ security

TACACS/TACACS+ configuration considerations

You must deploy at least one TACACS/TACACS+ server in your network.

Devices support authentication using up to eight TACACS/TACACS+ servers. The device tries to
use the servers in the order you add them to the device configuration.

You can select only one primary authentication method for each type of access to a device (CLI
through Telnet, CLI Privileged EXEC and CONFIG levels). For example, you can select TACACS+
as the primary authentication method for Telnet CLI access, but you cannot also select RADIUS
authentication as a primary method for the same type of access. However, you can configure
backup authentication methods for each access type.

You can configure the device to authenticate using a TACACS or TACACS+ server, not both.

TACACS configuration procedure

Follow the procedure given below for TACACS configurations.

1. Identify TACACS servers. Refer to

“Identifying the TACACS/TACACS+ servers”

on page 90.

2. Set optional parameters. Refer to

“Setting optional TACACS/TACACS+ parameters”

on page 91.

3. Configure authentication-method lists. Refer to

“Configuring authentication-method lists for

TACACS/TACACS+”

on page 92.

TACACS+ configuration procedure

Follow the procedure given below for TACACS+ configurations.

1. Identify TACACS+ servers. Refer to

“Identifying the TACACS/TACACS+ servers”

on page 90.

2. Set optional parameters. Refer to

“Setting optional TACACS/TACACS+ parameters”

on page 91.

3. Configure authentication-method lists. Refer to

“Configuring authentication-method lists for

TACACS/TACACS+”

on page 92.

4. Optionally configure TACACS+ authorization. Refer to

“Configuring TACACS+ authorization”

on

page 94.

5. Optionally configure TACACS+ accounting. Refer to

“Configuring TACACS+ accounting”

on

page 97.

Enabling TACACS

TACACS is disabled by default. To configure TACACS/TACACS+ authentication parameters, you must
enable TACACS by entering the following command.

TurboIron(config)#enable snmp config-tacacs

Syntax: [no] enable snmp <config-radius | config-tacacs>

The <config-radius> parameter specifies the RADIUS configuration mode. RADIUS is disabled by
default.

The <config-tacacs> parameter specifies the TACACS configuration mode. TACACS is disabled by
default.

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