Nortel Networks 4050 manual Cfg/domain 1/aaa/auth auth ID followed by, Radiusldaplocal, Display

240Chapter 6 Configuring authentication

When you first create the method, you are prompted to specify the type. For Nortel Secure Network Access Switch Software Release 1.0, valid options are:

•RADIUS

•LDAP

•local

The selected method type determines the remainder of the parameters you are prompted to provide when you create the method, as well as the submenu options that are provided on the Authentication menu.

The Authentication menu includes the following options:

/cfg/domain 1/aaa/auth <auth ID> followed by:

type	Sets the authentication mechanism. The type selected
radiusldaplocal	determines which submenu option will display.
name <name>	Names or renames the method. After you have defined
	a name for the method, you can use either the method
	name or the auth ID to access the Authentication
	menu.
	• name is a string that must be unique in the domain.
	The maximum allowable length of the string is 255
	characters, but Nortel recommends a maximum of
	32 characters.
	In future releases of the Nortel SNAS 4050 software,
	you will be able to reference this string in a client filter,
	so that authentication to the server in question
	becomes a condition for access rights for a group.
display	Specifies a name for the method, to display in the Login
	Service list box on the portal login page, together with
	the names of other authentication services available.

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