Configuring Users; Configuring The Radius Server - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base User Manual

Configuring users

1. From the Windows Start menu, select Programs > Administrative Tools > Computer Management to
open the Computer Management window.
2. In the Computer Management window, expand the Local Users and Groups folder and select the
Groups folder.
3. Right-click the Groups folder and select New Group from the pop-up menu.
4. In the New Group window, provide a Name and Description for the group and click Add.
5. In the Select Users or Groups window, select the user—who should already have been
configured—you want to add to the group and click Add.
6. Repeat this for every user you want to add.
7. When you have completed adding all users, click OK.
8. In the New Group window, verify that the users you added in
then click Create to create this group.
The new groups are created for each login type (admin, switchAdmin, user).

Configuring the RADIUS server

From the Windows Start menu, select Programs > Administrative Tools > Internet Authentication
1.
Service to open the Internet Authentication Service window.
2. In the Internet Authentication Service window, right-click the Clients folder and select New Client from
the pop-up menu.
NOTE: A client is the device that uses the RADIUS server; in this case, it is the switch.
3. In the Add Client window, provide the following:
• Friendly name: The friendly name should be an alias that is easily recognizable as the switch to
which you are connecting.
• Protocol: Select RADIUS as the protocol.
4. In the Add RADIUS Client window, provide the following:
• Client address (IP or DNS): Enter the IP address of the switch.
• Client-Vendor: Select RADIUS Standard.
• Shared secret: Provide a password. Shared secret is a password used between the client device
and server to prevent IP address spoofing by unwanted clients. Keep your shared secret password
in a safe place. You must enter this password in the switch configuration.
5. Click Finish and repeat
used.
6. In the Internet Authentication Service window, right-click the Remote Access Policies folder, and then
select New Remote Access Policy from the pop-up window.
7. A remote access policy must be created for each login role (root, admin, factory, switchAdmin, and
user) for which you want to use RADIUS, so apply this policy to the user groups that you already
created.
8. In the Add Remote Access Policy window, enter an easily identifiable Policy friendly name that
enables you to see the switch login for which the policy is being created, and then click Next.
9. After the Add Remote Access Policy window refreshes, click Add.
10.In the Select Attribute window, select Windows Groups and click Add.
11.In the Groups window, click Add.
12.In the Select Groups window, select the user-defined group for which you are creating a policy and
click Add.
13.After adding all appropriate groups, click OK.
14.In the Groups window, click OK.
step 2 through step 4 for all switches on which RADIUS authentication is to be
step 4 appear in the Members field and
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