Configuring Console Login Authentication Methods - Cisco nexus 5000 series Cli Configuration Manual

Chapter 1 Configuring AAA
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If you are familiar with the Cisco IOS CLI, be aware that the Nexus 5000 Series commands for this
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feature might differ from the Cisco IOS commands that you would use.

Configuring Console Login Authentication Methods

This section describes how to configure the authentication methods for the console login.
The authentication methods include the following:
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The default method is local.
The group radius and group server-name forms of the aaa authentication command are used for a set
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of previously defined RADIUS servers. Use the radius server-host command to configure the host
servers. Use the aaa group server radius command to create a named group of servers.
Before you configure console login authentication methods, configure RADIUS or TACACS+ server
groups as needed. To configure console login authentication methods, perform this task:
Command
Step 1
switch# configure terminal
Step 2
switch(config)# aaa authentication login
console {group group-list [none]| local |
none}
Step 3
switch(config)# exit
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Global pool of RADIUS servers
Named subset of RADIUS or TACACS+ servers
Local database on the Nexus 5000 Series switch
Username only (none)
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Configures login authentication methods for the
console.
The group-list argument consists of a
space-delimited list of group names. The group
names are the following:
radius—Uses the global pool of RADIUS
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servers for authentication.
named-group—Uses a named subset of
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TACACS+ or RADIUS servers for
authentication.
The local method uses the local database for
authentication. The none method uses the username
only.
The default console login method is local, which is
used when no methods are configured or when all of
the configured methods fail to respond.
Exits configuration mode.
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