SMC Networks SMC6724L3 Management Manual page 79

(1) RADIUS and (2) Local, the user name and password on the RADIUS
server is verified first. If the RADIUS server is not available, then the
local user name and password is checked.
Command Attributes
• Authentication – Select the authentication, or authentication sequence
required:
- Local – User authentication is performed only locally by the switch.
- Radius – User authentication is performed using a RADIUS server
only.
- Radius, Local – User authentication is attempted first using a RADIUS
server, then locally by the switch.
- Local, Radius – User authentication is first attempted locally by the
switch, then using a RADIUS server.
• Server IP Address – Address of authentication server.
(Default: 10.1.0.1)
• Server Port Number – Network (UDP) port of authentication server
used for authentication messages. (Range: 1-65535; Default: 1812)
• Secret Text String – Encryption key used to authenticate logon access
for client. Do not use blank spaces in the string. (Maximum length: 20
characters)
• Number of Server Transmits – Number of times the switch will try to
authenticate logon access via the authentication server. (Range: 1-30;
Default: 2)
• Timeout for a reply – The number of seconds the switch waits for a
reply from the RADIUS server before it resends the request. (Range:
1-65535; Default: 5)
Note: The local switch user database has to be set up by manually
entering user names and passwords using the CLI. (See
"username" on page 33.)
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