Cisco Systems SN 5428-2 manual AAA authentication services

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Chapter 9 Configuring Authentication

Configuration Tasks

Figure 9-4 Enable Authentication Configuration Elements with TACACS+ Servers

 

Remote TACACS+ servers

 

 

When Enable authentication is

 

 

 

enabled, authentication is

 

 

 

required when the user

 

Administrator

Monitor

attempts Administrator mode

 

 

password

password

access via the CLI "enable"

 

 

 

 

command.

 

 

 

The user is prompted for a

 

 

 

password, which is sent along

 

 

 

with the user name entered at

 

 

 

login, to AAA for authentication.

TACACS+

Enable

Monitor

 

If the user name was not needed

 

 

for login, the storage router

 

 

 

prompts the user to enter a

Authentication services list

user name along with the

the user name and

 

 

password, and both are sent to

password are sent

 

 

AAA for authentication.

AAA authentication services

 

 

 

AAA uses the default

 

 

 

authentication list to determine

CLI command session processor

 

 

which services to use for the

 

 

authentication attempt.

 

 

 

If authentication fails, the

 

SN 5428-2 Storage Router

 

 

 

request is refused and the user

"enable" command prompts

 

 

cannot obtain Administrator

 

 

for password

 

 

mode access to the storage

 

 

(and user name, if none needed at login)

 

 

router.

 

 

 

 

 

Telnet, SSH or console management session

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Contents Configuring Authentication Using Authentication Prerequisite TasksEnable Authentication Authentication Service Description Authentication TypesConfiguration Tasks ISCSI Authentication Configuration Elements ISCSI Authentication Example Configuration $enab15$ to AAA for AAA authentication services Enable Authentication Example Configuration Login Authentication Configuration Elements Login Authentication Example Configuration Radius Servers Configuring Authentication ServicesCommand Description TACACS+ Hosts Local Username DatabaseMonitor EnableAdministrator mode password Creating Named Server Groups Radius Server GroupsAaa group server radius janus TACACS+ Server GroupsCreating Authentication Lists Sysadmin serverISCSI authentication Aaa authentication iscsiEnable authentication Login authenticationAaa test authentication enable Testing AuthenticationAaa test authentication iscsi Configuring Two-Way Authentication Aaa test authentication loginScsirouter zeus password Scsirouter zeus usernameEnabling iSCSI Authentication Verifying and Saving ConfigurationExample 9-4 Display AAA Configuration OL-5239-01
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SN 5428-2 specifications

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