IBM Partner Pavilion BMD00082 manual Remote User Administration, 6RADIUS Fields

SmartConnect User’s Guide

Remote User Administration

Use this window to manage remote user authorization for RADIUS or TACACS+.

RADIUS

VSE SmartConnect software supports the RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-in User Ser- vice) method to authenticate and authorize remote administrators for managing the switch. The VSE SmartConnect software acts as a RADIUS client and communicates to the RADIUS server which authenticates and authorizes a remote administrator.

Table 10-6RADIUS Fields

Field	Description
Radius	Enables or disables the RADIUS server.
Port	Displays the number of the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port for
	RADIUS.
Radius Primary Server	Defines the primary RADIUS server IP address.
Radius Secondary Server	Defines the secondary RADIUS server IP address.
Radius Secret	Sets the shared secret between the Virtual Switch Extension (VSE) for
	IBM BladeCenter, SmartConnect, and the RADIUS server(s).
Radius timeout	Displays the amount of time, in seconds, before a RADIUS server authen-
	tication attempt is considered to have failed.
Radius retries	Displays the number of failed authentication requests before switching to
	a different RADIUS server.
Radius Backdoor for telnet/	Displays the status of the RADIUS back door for Telnet/SSH/ HTTP/
ssh/http/https	HTTPS.
Radius Secure Backdoor	Displays the status of the RADIUS back door using secure password for
for telnet/ssh/http/https	Telnet/SSH/ HTTP/HTTPS.

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