Chapter 15 Configuring Security for the ML-Series Card

RADIUS Stand Alone Mode

Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to specify a vendor-proprietary RADIUS server host and a shared secret text string:

 

Command

Purpose

Step 1

 

 

Router# configure terminal

Enter global configuration mode.

 

 

 

Step 2 Router (config)# radius-server host {hostname

Specify the IP address or hostname of the remote

 

ip-address}non-standard

RADIUS server host and identify that it is using a

 

 

vendor-proprietary implementation of RADIUS.

Step 3

 

 

Router (config)# radius-server key string

Specify the shared secret text string used between the

 

 

ML-Series card and the vendor-proprietary RADIUS

 

 

server. The ML-Series card and the RADIUS server

 

 

use this text string to encrypt passwords and

 

 

exchange responses.

 

 

Note The key is a text string that must match the

 

 

encryption key used on the RADIUS server.

 

 

Leading spaces are ignored, but spaces within

 

 

and at the end of the key are used. If you use

 

 

spaces in your key, do not enclose the key in

 

 

quotation marks unless the quotation marks

 

 

are part of the key.

Step 4

 

 

Router (config)# end

Return to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 5

 

 

Router# show running-config

Verify your settings.

Step 6

 

 

Router# copy running-config startup-config

(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.

 

 

 

To delete the vendor-proprietary RADIUS host, use the no radius-server host {hostname ip-address} non-standardglobal configuration command. To disable the key, use the no radius-server key global configuration command.

This example shows how to specify a vendor-proprietary RADIUS host and to use a secret key of rad124 between the ML-Series card and the server:

Switch(config)# radius-server host 172.20.30.15 nonstandard

Switch(config)# radius-server key rad124

Displaying the RADIUS Configuration

To display the RADIUS configuration, use the show running-configprivileged EXEC command.

 

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15310-CL, 15310-MA specifications

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