Tacacs – Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s User Manual

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seconds: the range is from 0 to 1000. Default is 5 seconds.

To view the configuration of RADIUS communication parameters, use the show running-config
command in EXEC Privilege mode.

Monitoring RADIUS

To view information on RADIUS transactions, use the following command.

• View RADIUS transactions to troubleshoot problems.

EXEC Privilege mode

debug radius

TACACS+

Dell Networking OS supports terminal access controller access control system (TACACS+ client,

including support for login authentication.

Configuration Task List for TACACS+

The following list includes the configuration task for TACACS+ functions.

Choosing TACACS+ as the Authentication Method

Monitoring TACACS+

TACACS+ Remote Authentication

Specifying a TACACS+ Server Host

For a complete listing of all commands related to TACACS+, refer to the Security chapter in the Dell
Networking OS Command Reference Guide
.

Choosing TACACS+ as the Authentication Method

One of the login authentication methods available is TACACS+ and the user’s name and password are

sent for authentication to the TACACS hosts specified.

To use TACACS+ to authenticate users, specify at least one TACACS+ server for the system to

communicate with and configure TACACS+ as one of your authentication methods.
To select TACACS+ as the login authentication method, use the following commands.

1.

Configure a TACACS+ server host.
CONFIGURATION mode

tacacs-server host {ip-address | host}

Enter the IP address or host name of the TACACS+ server.

Use this command multiple times to configure multiple TACACS+ server hosts.

2. Enter a text string (up to 16 characters long) as the name of the method list you wish to use with the

TACAS+ authentication method.
CONFIGURATION mode

aaa authentication login {method-list-name | default} tacacs+ [...method3]

The TACACS+ method must not be the last method specified.

3. Enter LINE mode.

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PMUX Mode of the IO Aggregator

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