Security
Authentication Methods
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STEP 3 Click Apply, and then click Close.
Authentication Methods
You can use the Authentication Methods page to specify how users are allowed
access to switch ports.
To select the authentication method:
STEP 1 Click Security > Authentication Methods in the navigation window.
STEP 2 an authentication method from the list:
•Local—A user ID and password combination from the supplicant is
compared with a locally-stored user database on the switch.
•None—No authentication method is used.
•RADIUS—Authentication requests are passed to a RADIUS server that
replies with RADIUS Access-Accept or Access-Reject frames . If the switch
cannot reach the server, the request is denied.
•RADIUS, None—Authentication requests are passed to a RADIUS server
that replies with RADIUS Access-Accept or Access-Reject frames. If the
switch cannot reach the server, then no authentication method is used and
the request is accepted.
•RADIUS, Local—Authentication requests are passed to a RADIUS server. If
the switch cannot reach the server, the local user database is used to accept
or reject t he request .
NOTE When the (Radius, None) or the (Radius, Local) option is selected,
None or Local is used only if the Radius Server specified is incorrect or it is
not specified; if it is correct, but the credentials are incorrect, the
authentication fails and does not fall back to the None or the Local option.
STEP 3 Click Apply. Your changes are saved to the Running Configuration.