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CLI Message
Connecting to Tacacs server The switch is attempting to contact the TACACS+ server identified in the switch's
Connecting to secondary
Tacacs server
Invalid password
No Tacacs servers
responding
Not legal combination of
authentication methods
Record already exists
Messages Related to TACACS+
Operation
The switch generates the CLI messages listed below. However, you may see
other messages generated in your TACACS+ server application. For informa-
tion on such messages, refer to the documentation you received with the
application.
Meaning
server
configuration as the first-choice (or only) TACACS+ server.
The switch was not able to contact the first-choice TACACS+ server, and is now
attempting to contact the next (secondary) TACACS+ server identified in the switch's
tacacs-server
configuration.
The system does not recognize the username or the password or both. Depending on the
authentication method (tacacs or local), either the TACACS+ server application did not
recognize the username/password pair or the username/password pair did not match the
username/password pair configured in the switch.
The switch has not been able to contact any designated TACACS+ servers. If this message
is followed by the Username prompt, the switch is attempting local authentication.
For console access, if you select tacacs as the primary authentication method, you must
select local as the secondary authentication method. This prevents you from being locked
out of the switch if all designated TACACS+ servers are inaccessible to the switch.
When resulting from a
enter a duplicate TACACS+ server IP address.
Messages Related to TACACS+ Operation
tacacs-server host
<ip addr> command, indicates an attempt to
TACACS+ Authentication
tacacs-
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