Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual page 77

Configuring Security Features on an External AAA Server
Note The default idle timer value is 0 minutes. When the idle time interval is 0 minutes, periodic RADIUS server
monitoring is not performed.
To configure the idle timer, follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1
switch# configure terminal
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2 switch(config)# radius-server host 10.1.1.1 test idle-time 20
Configures the test idle time interval value in minutes. The valid range is 1 to 1440 minutes.
Step 3 switch(config)# no radius-server host 10.1.1.1 test idle-time 20
Reverts to the default value (0 minutes).
Configuring Test User Name
You can configure a username and password for periodic RADIUS server status testing. You do not need to
configure the test username and password to issue test messages to monitor RADIUS servers. You can use
the default test username (test) and default password (test).
Note We recommend that the test username not be the same as an existing username in the RADIUS database for
security reasons.
To configure the optional username and password for periodic RADIUS server status testing, follow these
steps:
Procedure
Step 1
switch# configure terminal
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2 switch(config)# radius-server host 10.1.1.1 test username testuser
Configures the test user (testuser) with the default password (test). The default user name is test.
Step 3
switch(config)# no radius-server host 10.1.1.1 test username testuser
Removes the test user name (testuser).
Step 4
switch(config)# radius-server host 10.1.1.1 test username testuser password Ur2Gd2BH
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