Figure 32 general setup, Table 10 general setup – ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL Dimension ES-2108 User Manual

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Chapter 7 Basic Setting

Figure 32 General Setup

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 10 General Setup

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

System Name

Choose a descriptive name for identification purposes. This name consists of up to

64 printable characters; spaces are allowed.

Location

Enter the geographic location (up to 32 characters) of your switch.

Contact Person's

Name

Enter the name (up to 32 characters) of the person in charge of this switch.

Login

Precedence

Use this drop-down list box to select which database the switch should use (first) to

authenticate an administrator (user for switch management).
Local user accounts can be configured via the Access Control Logins screen or

via the commands. The commands allow you to configure different levels of

privilege. See

Section 30.6 on page 185

for more information on creating accounts

via commands.
You can also configure user accounts and privileges on a RADIUS server. The

RADIUS is an external server. Before you specify the priority, make sure you have

set up the corresponding database correctly first.
Select Local Only to have the switch just check the administrator accounts

configured in the Access Control Logins screen or via commands.
Select Local then RADIUS to have the switch check the accounts configured in the

Access Control Logins screen or commands. If the user name is not found, the

switch then checks the user database on the specified RADIUS server. You need to

configure Port Authentication Radius first.
Select RADIUS Only to have the switch just check the user database on the

specified RADIUS server for a login username, password and privilege level.

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