HP Manager Software manual For more information, see Usage

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A method can be one of the following:

„local — Uses the local database of usernames and user groups on the WX switch for authentication.

„server-group-name— Uses the defined group of RADIUS servers for authentication. You can enter up to four names of existing RADIUS server groups as methods.

„none — For users with administrative access only, MSS performs no authentication, but prompts for a username and password and accepts any combination of entries, including blanks.

The authentication method none you can specify for administrative access is different from the fallthru authentication type none, which applies only to network access. The authentication method none allows access to the WX switch by an administrator. The fallthru authentication type none denies access to a network user. (See “set service-profileauth-fallthru” on page 352.)

For more information, see “Usage.”

Defaults — By default, authentication is deactivated for all console users, and the default authentication method in a console authentication rule is none. MSS requires no username or password, by default. These users can press Enter at the prompts for administrative access.

3Com recommends that you change the default setting unless the WX switch is in a secure physical location.

Access — Enabled.

History —Introduced in MSS Version 3.0.

Usage — You can configure different authentication methods for different groups of users. (For details, see “User Globs, MAC Address Globs, and VLAN Globs” on page 26.)

If you specify multiple authentication methods in the set authentication console command, MSS applies them in the order in which they appear in the command, with these results:

If the first method responds with pass or fail, the evaluation is final.

If the first method does not respond, MSS tries the second method, and so on.