Configuring The Dead-Time Interval; Manually Monitoring Radius Servers Or Groups - Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual

Configuring the Dead-Time Interval

Step 6
To configure periodic RADIUS server monitoring, perform this task:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# radius-server host 10.10.1.1 test username user1 password Ur2Gd2BH idle-time
3
switch(config)# radius-server deadtime 5
switch(config)# exit
switch# show radius-server
switch# copy running-config startup-config
Configuring the Dead-Time Interval
You can configure the dead-time interval for all RADIUS servers. The dead-time interval specifies the time
that the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch waits after declaring a RADIUS server is dead, before sending out
a test packet to determine if the server is now alive. The default value is 0 minutes.
When the dead-time interval is 0 minutes, RADIUS servers are not marked as dead even if they are not
Note
responding. You can configure the dead-time interval for a RADIUS server group.
To configure dead time interval, perform this task:
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5

Manually Monitoring RADIUS Servers or Groups

To manually send a test message to a RADIUS server or to a server group, perform this task:
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Command or Action
switch# copy running-config
startup-config
Command or Action
switch# configure terminal
#switch(config)# radius-server
deadtime
switch(config)# exit
switch# show radius-server
switch# copy running-config
startup-config
Purpose
(Optional)
Copies the running configuration to the startup
configuration.
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Configures the dead-time interval. The default
value is 0 minutes. The range is from 1 to 1440
minutes.
Exits configuration mode.
(Optional)
Displays the RADIUS server configuration.
(Optional)
Copies the running configuration to the startup
configuration.
Configuring RADIUS
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