Nortel Networks 4050 manual Specifying authentication fallback order using the Srem

314Chapter 6 Configuring authentication

Specifying authentication fallback order using the SREM

Authentication in the Nortel SNAS 4050 solution is performed by checking client credentials against available authentication databases until the first match is found. You specify the order in which the Nortel SNAS 4050 applies the methods configured for the Nortel SNAS 4050 domain.

Perform this step even if there is only one method defined on the Nortel

SNAS 4050.

Note: For best performance, set the authentication order so that the method that supports the biggest proportion of users is applied first. However, if you use the Nortel SNAS 4050 local database as one of the authentication methods, Nortel recommends that you set the Local method to be first in the authentication order. The Local method is performed extremely fast, regardless of the number of users in the database. Response times for the other methods depend on such factors as current network load, server performance, and number of users in the database.

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