Configuring a TACACS+ Server
Complete the following steps to configure a TACACS+ server.
- Select .
- Select 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: Select
to display the Edit Switch AAA Server dialog box.
Make the necessary changes and select Apply to
apply the changes. - Delete a server: Select
to display the Delete Switch AAA Server dialog box.
Select Apply to delete the server.
- In the AAA
Servers tab, select
to
display the Add Switch AAA Server dialog box.
- Select Tacacs+ as the AAA server type.
- Complete the following fields:
- IP Address: Assign an IP address to the TACACS+ server. The IP address can be in the IPv4 format or IPv6 format.
- Auth. Port: Enter the TACACS+ authentication port number. The default value is 1812.
- Shared Secret: Specify the shared secret text string (TACACS+ key) used between the device and the TACACS+ server to authenticate user access.
- Confirm Secret: Re-enter the shared secret text.
- Purpose: Designate the
TACACS+ server to handle a specific AAA operation selected from the
list:
- Default: Configures the TACACS+ server to be used for any AAA operation.
- Authentication: Configures the TACACS+ server to be used only for authentication.
- Authorization: Configures the TACACS+ server to be used only for authorization.
- Accounting: Configures the TACACS+ server to be used only for accounting.
- Select Apply to add the TACACS+ server.
