12 AAA Settings tab

Local Database

None

8.Click Test.

The Test Authentication dialog box displays.

9.Enter your user ID and password and click Test.

Test verifies your user ID and password on the switch and verifies user privileges on the Management application server.

10.Click Apply to save the configuration.

To display the authentication audit trail, refer to “Displaying the client authentication audit trail” on page 391.

11.Click Close to close the Server Management Console.

Configuring Windows authentication

Windows authentication enables you to authenticate a user account against the Windows user accounts and the Management application server when running on Windows hosts.

The following list details the supported Windows authentication types and the associated platforms:

NT domain authentication — supported on Windows XP/2003/2008 platforms only

Windows Workgroup authentication — supported on Windows XP/2003/2008 platforms only

Windows local user accounts — supported on Windows XP/2003/2008 platforms only.

To configure Windows authentication, complete the following steps.

1.Select the AAA Settings tab.

2.For Primary Authentication, select Windows Domain.

3.Enter the domain name in the Windows Domain Name field.

4.Set secondary authentication by selecting one of the following options from the Secondary Authentication list:

Local Database

None

5.Click Test.

The Test Authentication dialog box displays.

1.In the User ID field, choose one of the following options:

To authenticate a user account against the current domain, enter your user name.

To authenticate a user account against a different domain, enter Domain\User_Name.

2.Enter your password in the Password field and click OK.

Test verifies your user ID and password on the Windows domain and verifies user privileges on the Management application server.

3.Click Apply to save the configuration.

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Brocade Communications Systems IP250 Configuring Windows authentication, For Primary Authentication, select Windows Domain