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Chapter 7 Adminis tering the Switch Controlling Switch Access with RADIUS
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to specify a vendor -proprietary RADIUS server
host and a shared secret text string:
To delete the vendor-proprietary RADIUS host, use the no radius- ser ver hos t {hostname | ip-address}
non-standard global con figura tio n comm a nd. To disa ble th e key, u se t he no radius-server key global
configurati on comm a nd.
This example show s how to specify a vendor-proprietary RADIUS host and to use a secret key of rad124
between the switch 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-config privileged EXE C c om mand .
Command Purpose
Step 1 configure terminal Enter g lob al c onfigura tion m ode .
Step 2 radius-server host {hostname | ip-address} non-standard Specify t he IP address or ho st name of the remote
RADIUS server host and identify that it is using a
vendor-proprieta ry impleme ntation of RA DIUS.
Step 3 rad iu s- s erver ke y string Specify the shared secr et text str ing used between th e
switch and the vendor-propr ieta ry RA DIU S server.
The switch and the RADIUS server use this text
string to enc rypt passwords and exchange response s.
Note The key is a text string that must match the
encryp tion key used on the R ADI US server.
Leading spaces are ignored, but spaces within
and at th e end o f the key are used. If yo u use
spaces in your key, do not enclose the key in
quotation marks unless the quo tation mark s
are part of the key.
Step 4 end Return to pr ivileged EX EC m ode.
Step 5 show running-config Verify your set tings.
Step 6 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Sav e y our entrie s in th e configur atio n file.