HP 5120 EI Switch Series Configuration Manual page 42

NOTE:

If both the primary and secondary authentication servers are specified, the secondary one is used when the
primary one is not reachable.

If redundancy is not required, specify only the primary HWTACACS authentication server.

The IP addresses of the primary and secondary authentication servers cannot be the same. Otherwise, the
configuration fails.

You can remove an authentication server only when no active TCP connection for sending authentication packets
is using it.
Specifying the HWTACACS authorization servers
Follow these steps to specify the HWTACACS authorization servers:
To do...
Enter system view
Enter HWTACACS scheme
view
Specify the primary
HWTACACS authorization
server
Specify the secondary
HWTACACS authorization
server
NOTE:

If both the primary and secondary authorization servers are specified, the secondary one is used when the
primary one is not reachable.

If redundancy is not required, specify only the primary HWTACACS authorization server.

The IP addresses of the primary and secondary authorization servers cannot be the same. Otherwise, the
configuration fails.

You can remove an authorization server only when no active TCP connection for sending authorization packets is
using it.
Specifying the HWTACACS accounting servers
Follow these steps to specify the HWTACACS accounting servers and perform related configurations:
To do...
Enter system view
Enter HWTACACS scheme
view
Specify the primary
HWTACACS accounting server
Specify the secondary
HWTACACS accounting server
Use the command...
system-view
hwtacacs scheme hwtacacs-scheme-
name
primary authorization ip-address [ port-
number ]
secondary authorization ip-address [
port-number ]
Use the command...
system-view
hwtacacs scheme hwtacacs-scheme-
name
primary accounting ip-address [
port-number ]
secondary accounting ip-address [
port-number ]
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Remarks
—
—
Required
Configure at least one command.
No authorization server is
specified by default.
Remarks
—
—
Required
Configure at least one command.
No accounting server is specified
by default.