HP 2800 User Manual

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TACACS+ Authentication
Configuring TACACS+ on the Switch

Table 4-1.

AAA Authentication Parameters

Name

Default

Range

Function

console

n/a

n/a

Specifies whether the command is configuring authentication for the console port

- or -

or Telnet access method for the switch.

telnet

enable

n/a

n/a

Specifies the privilege level for the access method being configured.

- or -

login: Operator (read-only) privileges

login

enable: Manager (read-write) privileges

local

local

n/a

Specifies the primary method of authentication for the access method being

- or -

configured.

tacacs

local: Use the username/password pair configured locally in the switch for

the privilege level being configured

tacacs: Use a TACACS+ server.

local
- or -
none

none

n/a

Specifies the secondary (backup) type of authentication being configured.

local: The username/password pair configured locally in the switch for the

privilege level being configured

none: No secondary type of authentication for the specified

method/privilege path. (Available only if the primary method of
authentication for the access being configured is local.)

Note: If you do not specify this parameter in the command line, the switch
automatically assigns the secondary method as follows:
• If the primary method is

tacacs

, the only secondary method is

local

.

• If the primary method is

local

, the default secondary method is

none

.

num-attempts

3

1 - 10

In a given session, specifies how many tries at entering the correct username/
password pair are allowed before access is denied and the session terminated.

As shown in the next table, login and enable access is always available locally
through a direct terminal connection to the switch’s console port. However,
for Telnet access, you can configure TACACS+ to deny access if a TACACS+
server goes down or otherwise becomes unavailable to the switch.

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