CHAPTER 5: Configuration

5.9.10. RADIUS Parameters

The RADIUS Configuration Menus offer the following options:

•Enable: Enables/Disables the RADIUS feature at the Network Port. (Default = Off.)

•Primary Address: Defines the IP address or domain name (up to 64 characters long) for your primary RADIUS server. (Default = undefined.)

•Primary Secret Word: Defines the RADIUS Secret Word for the primary RADIUS server. (Default = undefined.)

•Secondary Address: Defines the IP address or domain name (up to 64 characters long) for your secondary, fallback RADIUS server (if present.) (Default = undefined.)

•Secondary Secret Word: Defines the RADIUS Secret Word for the secondary RADIUS server. (Default = undefined.)

•Fallback Timer: Determines how long the Outlet Managed PDU will continue to attempt to contact the primary RADIUS Server before falling back to the secondary RADIUS Server. (Default = 3 Seconds.)

•Fallback Local: Determines whether or not the Outlet Managed PDU will fallback to its own password/username directory when an authentication attempt fails. When enabled, the Outlet Managed PDU will first attempt to authenticate the password by checking the RADIUS Server; if this fails, the Outlet Managed PDU will then attempt to authenticate the password by checking its own internal username directory. This parameter offers three options:

Off: Fallback Local is disabled (Default.)

On (All Failures): Fallback Local is enabled, and the unit will fallback to it’s own internal user directory when it cannot contact the Radius Server, or when a password or username does not match the Radius Server.

On (Transport Failure): Fallback Local is enabled, but the unit will only fallback to it’s own internal user directory when it cannot contact the Radius Server.

•Retries: Determines how many times the Outlet Managed PDU will attempt to contact the RADIUS server. Note that the retries parameter applies to both the Primary RADIUS Server and the Secondary RADIUS Server. (Default = 3.)

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