HP 2600-PWR Messages Related to TACACS+ Operation, Operating Notes, Tacacs-server configuration

TACACS+ Authentication

Configuring TACACS+ on the Switch

Messages Related to TACACS+

Operation

The switch generates the CLI messages listed below. However, you may see other messages generated in your TACACS+ server application. For informa- tion on such messages, refer to the documentation you received with the application.

CLI Message	Meaning
Connecting to Tacacs server	The switch is attempting to contact the TACACS+ server identified in the switch’s tacacs-
	server configuration as the first-choice(or only) TACACS+ server.
Connecting to secondary	The switch was not able to contact the first-choiceTACACS+ server, and is now
Tacacs server	attempting to contact the next (secondary) TACACS+ server identified in the switch’s
	tacacs-server configuration.
Invalid password	The system does not recognize the username or the password or both. Depending on the
	authentication method (tacacs or local), either the TACACS+ server application did not
	recognize the username/password pair or the username/password pair did not match the
	username/password pair configured in the switch.
No Tacacs servers	The switch has not been able to contact any designated TACACS+ servers. If this message
responding	is followed by the Username prompt, the switch is attempting local authentication.
Not legal combination of	For console access, if you select tacacs as the primary authentication method, you must
authentication methods	select local as the secondary authentication method. This prevents you from being locked
	out of the switch if all designated TACACS+ servers are inaccessible to the switch.
Record already exists	When resulting from a tacacs-server host <ip addr> command, indicates an attempt to
	enter a duplicate TACACS+ server IP address.

Operating Notes

■If you configure Authorized IP Managers on the switch, it is not necessary to include any devices used as TACACS+ servers in the authorized manager list. That is, authentication traffic between a TACACS+ server and the switch is not subject to Authorized IP Manager controls configured on the switch. Also, the switch does not attempt TACACS+ authentication for a management station that the Authorized IP Manager list excludes because, independent of TACACS+, the switch already denies access to such stations.

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