Cyclades User's Guide Method Variations Procedures, NIS, Local/NIS, NIS/Local, or NIS, DownLocal

Configuration

Configuring Authentication Servers for Logins to the KVM/ net and Connected Devices

The administrator fills out the appropriate form to set up an authentication server for every authentication method to be used by the KVM/net and by any of its ports. The available authentication methods are RADIUS, TACACS+, LDAP, Kerberos, SMB/NTLM, and NIS.

The following table lists the procedures that apply to each authentication method.

Method	Variations	Procedures
RADIUS	RADIUS, Local/RADIUS, RADIUS/	“To Identify a RADIUS
	Local, or RADIUS/DownLocal	Authentication Server”
		on page 217
TACACS+	TACACS+, Local/TACACS+, TACACS+/	“To Identify a
	Local, or TACACS+/DownLocal	TACACS+
		Authentication Server”
		on page 219
LDAP	LDAP, Local/LDAP, LDAP/Local, or	“To Identify an LDAP
	LDAP/DownLocal	Authentication Server”
		on page 212
Kerberos	Kerberos, Local/Kerberos, Kerberos/Local,	“To Identify a Kerberos
	or Kerberos/DownLocal	Authentication Server”
		on page 209
SMB (NTLM)	NTLM (Windows NT/2000/2003 Domain),	“To Configure an
	or NTLM/DownLocal	SMB(NTLM)
		Authentication Server”
		on page 214

NIS	NIS, Local/NIS, NIS/Local, or NIS/
	DownLocal

“To Configure an NIS Authentication Server” on page 216

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