Nortel Networks 2300 manual Configuring Individual Radius Servers

482Configuring Communication with RADIUS

Configuring Individual RADIUS Servers

You must set up a name and IP address for each RADIUS server. To configure a RADIUS server, use the following command:

set radius server server-name[address ip-address] [key string]

The server name must be unique for this RADIUS server on this WSS switch. The key (password) string is the shared secret that the WSS switch uses to authenticate itself to the RADIUS server. Do not use the same name for a RADIUS server and a RADIUS server group.

For example, the following command names a RADIUS server rs1 with the IP address 192.168.0.2 and the key testing123:

2370# set radius server rs1 address 192.168.0.2 key testing123

success: change accepted.

You can configure multiple RADIUS servers. When you define server names and keys, case is significant. For example:

2370# set radius server rs1 address 10.6.7.8 key seCret success: change accepted.

2370# set radius server rs2 address 10.6.7.9 key BigSecret success: change accepted.

Note. You must provide RADIUS servers with names that are unique. To prevent confusion, Nortel recommends that RADIUS server names differ in ways other than case. For example, avoid naming two servers RS1 and rs1.

(You can configure additional parameters with set radius server, such as the UDP ports used for AAA services and the timeout period. For details, see the Nortel Mobility System Software Command Reference.)

You must configure RADIUS servers into server groups before you can access them. For information on creating server groups, see “Configuring RADIUS Server Groups” on page 483.

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