Starting A Distribution Session On A Switch; Displaying The Session Status - HP Cisco MDS 9020 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Chapter 32 Configuring RADIUS and TACACS+
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To enable RADIUS server distribution, follow these steps:
Command
Step 1
switch# config t
Step 2
switch(config)# radius distribute
switch(config)# no radius
distribute
To enable TACACS+ server distribution, follow these steps:
Command
Step 1
switch# config t
Step 2
switch(config)# tacacs+ distribute
switch(config)# no tacacs+
distribute

Starting a Distribution Session on a Switch

A distribution session starts the moment you begin a RADIUS/TACACS+ server or global configuration.
For example, the following tasks start an implicit session:
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After you issue the first configuration command related to AAA servers, all server and global
Note
configurations that are created (including the configuration that caused the distribution session start) are
stored in a temporary buffer, not in the running configuration.

Displaying the Session Status

Once the implicit distribution session has started, you can check the session status . You see the
distribution status on the CFS tabuse the show radius command.
switch# show radius distribution status
distribution : enabled
session ongoing: yes
session owner: admin
session db: exists
merge protocol status: merge activation done
last operation: enable
last operation status: success
Once the implicit distribution session has started, you can check the session status using the show
tacacs+ distribution status command.
switch# show tacacs+ distribution status
distribution : enabled
session ongoing: yes
session owner: admin
OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Specifying the global timeout for RADIUS servers.
Specifying the global timeout for TACACS+ servers.
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Enables RADIUS configuration distribution in this switch.
Disables RADIUS configuration distribution in this switch
(default).
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Enables TACACS+ configuration distribution in this switch.
Disables TACACS+ configuration distribution in this switch
(default).
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