RADIUS Filter-ID Attribute and Dynamic Policy Profile Assignment clear cep
25-50 Authentication Configuration

RADIUS Filter-ID Attribute and Dynamic Policy Profile Assignment

IfyouconfigureanauthenticationmethodthatrequirescommunicationwithaRADIUSserver,
youcanusetheRADIUSFilterIDattributetodynamicallyassignapolicyprofileand/or
managementleveltoauthenticatingusersand/ordevices.
TheRADIUSFilterIDattributeissimplyastringthatisformattedintheRADIUSAccessAccept
packetsentbackfromtheRADIUSservertotheswitchduringtheauthenticationprocess.
EachusercanbeconfiguredintheRADIUSserverdatabasewithaRADIUSFilterIDattribute
thatspecifiesthenameofthepolicyprofileand/ormanagementleveltheusershouldbeassigned
uponsuccessfulauthentication.Duringtheauthenticationprocess,whentheRADIUSserver
returnsaRADIUSAccessAcceptmessagethatincludesaFilterIDmatchingapolicyprofilename
configuredontheswitch,theswitchthendynamicallyappliesthepolicyprofiletothephysical
porttheuser/deviceisauthenticatingon.

Filter-ID Attribute Formats

EnterasysNetworkssupportstwoFilterIDformats“decorated”and“undecorated.”The
decoratedformathasthreeforms:
•Tospecifythepolicyprofiletoassigntotheauthenticatinguser(networkaccess
authentication):
Enterasys:version=1:policy=string
wherestringspecifiesthepolicyprofilename.Policyprofilenamesarecasesensitive.
•Tospecifyamanagementlevel(managementaccessauthentication):
Enterasys:version=1:mgmt=level
wherelevelindicatesthemanagementlevel,eitherro,rw,orsu.
•Tospecifybothmanagementlevelandpolicyprofile:
Enterasys:version=1:mgmt=level:policy=string
Theundecoratedformatissimplyastringthatspecifiesapolicyprofilename.Theundecorated
formatcannotbeusedformanagementaccessauthentication.
DecoratedFilterIDsareprocessedfirst.IfnodecoratedFilterIDsarefound,thenundecorated
FilterIDsareprocessed.IfmultipleFilterIDsarefoundthatcontainconflictingvalues,aSyslog
messageisgenerated.

Setting the Authentication Login Method

Purpose
Toconfiguretheauthenticationloginmethod.
Commands
Thecommandsusedtoconfiguretheauthenticationloginmethodarelistedbelowanddescribed
intheassociatedsectionasshown: