Configuring Radius Parameters - Cisco 200 Series Administration Manual

Configuring Security

Configuring RADIUS Parameters

STEP 4
Configuring RADIUS Parameters
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Cisco Small Business 200 Series Smart Switch Administration Guide
• Password Aging Time—Enter the number of days that can elapse before
the user must change the password. The default is 180 days.
Click Apply. The password settings are set, and the switch is updated.
Remote Authorization Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) servers provide a centralized
802. 1 X or MAC-based network access control. The switch is a RADIUS client that
relies on a RADIUS server to provide centralized security, authorizing and
authenticating users attempting to access and administer the switch.
For the RADIUS server to grant access to the web-based switch configuration
utility, the RADIUS server must return cisco-avpair = shell:priv-lvl=15.
Use this page to enable the configuration of the RADIUS server parameters the
switch uses to communicate with the servers.
To set the default RADIUS parameters:
Click Security > RADIUS. The RADIUS Page displays.
The RADIUS table displays the specific parameters for each defined RADIUS
server.
Enter the default RADIUS parameters. Values entered in the Default Parameters
are applied to all servers. If a value is not entered for a specific server the switch
uses the values in these fields.
• IP Version—Displays the supported IP version: IPv6 and/or IPv4 subnet.
• Number of Retries—Enter the number of transmitted requests that are sent
to the RADIUS server before a failure is considered to have occurred.
• Timeout for Reply—Enter the number of seconds that the switch waits for
an answer from the RADIUS server before retrying the query, or switching to
the next server.
• Dead Time—Enter the number of minutes that elapse before a non-
responsive RADIUS server is bypassed for service requests. If the value is 0,
the server is not bypassed.
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