SMC Networks SMC6224M manual Command Usage

USER AUTHENTICATION

Command Usage

•By default, management access is always checked against the authentication database stored on the local switch. If a remote authentication server is used, you must specify the authentication sequence and the corresponding parameters for the remote authentication protocol. Local and remote logon authentication control management access via the console port, web browser, or Telnet.

•RADIUS and TACACS+ logon authentication assign a specific privilege level for each user name/password pair. The user name, password, and privilege level must be configured on the authentication server.

•You can specify up to three authentication methods for any user to indicate the authentication sequence. For example, if you select (1) RADIUS, (2) TACACS and (3) Local, the user name and password on the RADIUS server is verified first. If the RADIUS server is not available, then authentication is attempted using the TACACS+ server, and finally the local user name and password is checked.

Command Attributes

•Authentication – Select the authentication, or authentication sequence required:

-Local – User authentication is performed only locally by the switch.

-Radius – User authentication is performed using a RADIUS server only.

-TACACS – User authentication is performed using a TACACS+ server only.

-[authentication sequence] – User authentication is performed by up to three authentication methods in the indicated sequence.

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