Brocade Communications Systems 2.1 tacacs-server, key sharedsecret key timeout secs retries num

		tacacs-server	2
tacacs-server
	Applies attributes to the TACACS+ server.
Synopsis	tacacs-server host hostname ip-address[port portnum] [protocol chap pap]
	[key shared_secret_ key] [timeout secs] [retries num]
	no tacacs-serverhostnameip-address
Operands	host	Identifies the TACACS+ server by host name or IP address.
	hostname	Specifies the domain name of the TACACS+ server. The maximum supported
		length for the TACACS+ hostname is 40 characters.
	ip-address	Specifies the IP address of the TACACS+ server. Only IPv4 is supported.
	port	The authentication port.
	portnum	Specifies the TCP port used to connect the TACACS+ server for
		authentication. The default is 49.
	protocol	The authentication protocol to be used.
	chappap	Specifies the authentication protocol. Options include CHAP and PAP. The
		default is CHAP.
	key	The shared secret between the switch and the TACACS+ server.

shared_secret_key

	The text string that is used as the shared secret between the switch and the
	TACACS+ server to make the message exchange secure. The default is
	sharedsecret. The exclamation mark (!) is supported by in the radius/tacacs+
	and you can specify the password in either double quotes or the escape
	character (\), for example "secret!key" or secret\!key.
timeout	The time to wait for the TACACS+ server to respond.
secs	Specifies the timeout value, in seconds. The default is 5 seconds.
retries	The number of times the switch tries to connect to a TACACS+ server.
num	Specifies the number of tries to connect to a TACACS+ server. The default is 5
	attempts.

Defaults Following are the default values of the global settings:

•host—There is no default for the host.

•port—TCP port 49

•protocol—CHAP

•key—sharedsecret

•timeout—5

•retries—5

Command Global configuration mode

Modes

Description Use this command to configure attributes on the TACACS+ server.

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