Brocade Communications Systems Brocade Network OS 2.1 - Manual (Page 24)

14 Network OS Documentation Update
53-1002606-06
radius-server
2
radius-server
Applies attributes to the RADIUS server.
Synopsis radius-server host ip-address | hostname auth-port portnum protocol chap| pap | ms-chap-peap
key shared_secret_string timeout sec retransmit num
no radius-server host hostname| ip-address
Operands host Identifies the RADIUS server by host name or IP address.
hostname Specifies the host name of the RADIUS server. The maximum supported
length for the AAA RADIUS hostname is 40 characters.
ip-address Specifies the IP address of the RADIUS server. IPv4 and IPv6 are supported.
auth-port The authentication port.
port Specifies the UDP port used to connect the RADIUS server for authentication.
The default is 1812.
protocol The authentication protocol to be used.
chap | pap | ms-chap-peap
Specifies the authentication protocol. Options include CHAP, PAP,
PEAP-MSCHAP. The default is CHAP.
key The shared secret between the switch and the RADIUS server.
shared-secret-string
The text string that is used as the shared secret between the switch and the
RADIUS server. The default is sharedsecret. The exclamation mark (!) is
supported by in the radius/tacacs+ and you can specify the password in
either double quotes or the escape character (\), for example "secret!key" or
secret\!key.
timeout The time to wait for the RADIUS server to respond.
sec Specifies the timeout value, in seconds. The default is 5 seconds.
retransmit The number of times the switch tries to connect to a RADIUS server.
num Specifies the number of tries to connect to a RADIUS server. The default is 5
attempts.
Defaults The following are the default values of the global settings
• host—There is no default for the host:
• auth-port—UDP port 1812
• timeout—5 seconds
• retransmit—5 attempts
• key—sharedsecret
• protocol—CHAP
Command
Modes
Global configuration mode