CN8000 User Manual
ANMS - Authentication
The Advanced Network Management Settings Authentication page allows you to set up login authentication and authorization management from external sources. It is divided into several sections, which are described in the sections that follow.
Disable Local Authentication
Selecting this option will disable local login authentication on the CN8000. The switch can only be accessed using LDAP, LDAPS, MS Active Directory, RADIUS or CC Management authentication.
RADIUS Settings
To allow authentication and authorization for the CN8000 through a RADIUS server, do the following:
1.Check Enable.
2.Fill in the IP addresses and port numbers for the Preferred and Alternate RADIUS servers.
3.In the Timeout field, set the time in seconds that the CN8000 waits for a RADIUS server reply before it times out.
4.In the Retries field, set the number of allowed RADIUS retries.
5.In the Shared Secret field, key in the character string that you want to use for authentication between the CN8000 and the RADIUS Server.
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