RADIUS Authentication and Accounting
Configuring the Switch for RADIUS Authentication
Syntax: aaa authentication
Specifies how many tries for entering the correct user- name and password before shutting down the session due to input errors. (Default: 3; Range: 1 - 10).
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Specifies the global encryption key the switch uses with servers for which the switch does not have a server- specific key assignment. This key is optional if all RADIUS server addresses configured in the switch include a
Optional. Specifies the time in minutes during which the switch will not attempt to use a RADIUS server that has not responded to an earlier authentication attempt. (Default: 0; Range: 1 - 1440 minutes)
| Specifies the maximum time the switch waits for a |
| response to an authentication request before counting |
| the attempt as a failure. (Default: 3 seconds; Range: 1 |
| - 15 seconds) |
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| If a RADIUS server fails to respond to an authentica- |
| tion request, specifies how many retries to attempt |
| before closing the session. (Default: 3; Range: 1 - 5) |
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Note | Where the switch has multiple RADIUS servers configured to support authen- |
| tication requests, if the first server fails to respond, then the switch tries the |
| next server in the list, and |
| attempts to use the secondary authentication method configured for the type |
| of access being attempted (console, Telnet, or SSH). If this occurs, refer to |
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| ment and Configuration Guide for your switch. |
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