Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Configuring System Information

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The CP Configuration page contains the following fields:

Configuration Name — If multiple CP configurations exist on the system, select the CP configuration

to view or configure. Use the

Add button to add a new CP configuration to the switch.

Captive Portal — Use this field to enable or disable the selected CP configuration.

Protocol Mode — Choose whether to use HTTP or HTTPS as the protocol for the portal to use during

the verification process.

HTTP — Does not use encryption during verification

HTTPS — Uses the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which requires a certificate to provide

encryption. The certificate is presented to the user at connection time.

Verification Mode — Select the mode for the CP to use to verify clients:

Guest — The user does not need to be authenticated by a database.

Local — The switch uses a local database to authenticated users.

RADIUS — The switch uses a database on a remote RADIUS server to authenticate users.

NOTE

:

To configure authorized users on the local or remote RADIUS database, see "Local User" on page 194.

Enable Redirect Mode — Select this option to specify that the CP should redirect the newly

authenticated client to the configured URL. If this option is clear, the user sees the welcome page after

a successful verification.

Redirect URL — Specify the URL to which the newly authenticated client is redirected if the URL

Redirect Mode is enabled.

RADIUS Auth Server — If the verification mode is RADIUS, click the drop-down menu and select the

name of the RADIUS server used for client authentications. The switch acts as the RADIUS client and

performs all RADIUS transactions on behalf of the clients. To configure RADIUS server information,

go to the

Management Security > RADIUS Server Configuration page.

User Group — If the Verification Mode is Local or RADIUS, assign an existing User Group to the

captive portal or create a new group. All users who belong to the group are permitted to access the

network through this portal. The User Group list is the same for all CP configurations on the switch.

Session Timeout — Enter the number of seconds to wait before terminating a session. A user is logged

out once the session timeout is reached. If the value is set to 0 then the timeout is not enforced. The

default value is 0. The range is 0 to 86400 seconds.

Removing a Captive Portal Configuration

1. To remove a CP configuration, select the CP configuration to remove from the Configuration Name

menu.

2. Select the Remove option at the bottom of the page.
3. Click Apply Changes.

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