HP Manager Software manual To define a Radius server group

268CHAPTER 7: CONFIGURING AUTHENTICATION, AUTHORIZATION, AND ACCOUNTING PARAMETERS

14Do one of the following:

„To define RADIUS servers, go to “Defining RADIUS Server Groups”.

„Click Finish to save the changes and close the wizard.

Defining RADIUS A server group is a group of one to four RADIUS servers. Server groups Server Groups enable RADIUS server redundancy by allowing another server to be used

if the first server is unavailable. You must create at least one server group, even if you are using only one RADIUS server. You can specify the order in which servers are used for authentication. You can also specify load balancing, which uses all servers in a group using a round-robin algorithm.

To define a RADIUS server group

1Access the WX Switch wizard for the WX switch. (See “Accessing the WX Switch Wizard” on page 187.)

2Select AAA at the top of the wizard, if not already selected.

3Select RADIUS Server Group from the organizer list on the left side of the page, if not already selected.

4Click New RADIUS Server Group. The Create RADIUS Server Group wizard appears.

5In the Name box, type the name of the RADIUS server group (1 to 32 alphanumeric characters, with no spaces or tabs). Do not use the same name for a RADIUS server and a server group.

6To enable load balancing in the server group, select Load Balance.

If you enable load balancing, a round-robin approach is used to balance the load among servers. Authentication and accounting requests for a given user are always sent to the same server. Each new authentication event uses the next server in the list.

If load balancing is not enabled, the first server in the list is contacted first. If the first server does not respond, the second server in the list is contacted.

7To add a RADIUS server to the server group, click Choose Available.

8Select a RADIUS server from the list.

When you add a RADIUS server to a RADIUS server group, all RADIUS timers for the server group are restarted.