Configuring a RADIUS Server
Complete the following steps to configure a RADIUS server.
- From the main menu, select .
- Click the AAA
Servers tab. All the configured servers are listed in the main pane. You can perform the following actions:
- Add a server: Continue to step 3 to add a new server.
- Edit a server: Click the
icon to display the Edit Switch AAA
Server dialog box. Make the necessary changes and click
Apply, then click Ok in
the confirmation window, to apply the changes. - Delete a server: Click
the
icon to display the Delete Switch AAA
Server dialog box. Click Apply to
delete the server.
- In the AAA
Servers tab, click the
icon to display the Add Switch AAA Server dialog box.
- Click Radius for the AAA server type.
- Complete the following fields:
- IP Address: Assign an IP address to the RADIUS server. The IP address can be in IPv4 format or IPv6 format.
- Auth. Port: Enter the RADIUS authentication port number. The recommended value is 1812.
- Acct. Port: Enter the RADIUS accounting port number. The recommended value is 1813.
- Shared Secret: Specify the shared secret text string (RADIUS key) used between the device and the RADIUS server to authenticate user access.
- Confirm Secret: Re-enter the shared secret.
- Purpose: Designate the RADIUS server to handle a specific AAA operation selected from the list:
- Click Apply, then click Ok in the confirmation window, to add the RADIUS server.
