Configuring The Test Idle Timer; Configuring Test User Name; About Validating A Radius Server; Periodically Validating A Radius Server - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Chapter 41 Configuring RADIUS and TACACS+
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Enter the test user with the default password. The default username is test.
Step 13
Click Create to save these changes.
Step 14

Configuring the Test Idle Timer

The test idle timer specifies the interval during which a RADIUS server receives no requests before the
MDS switch sends out a test packet.
The default idle timer value is 0 minutes. When the idle time interval is 0 minutes, periodic RADIUS
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server monitoring is not performed.
To configure the test idle timer, see

Configuring Test User Name

You can configure a username and password for periodic RADIUS server status testing. You do not need
to configure the test username and password to issue test messages to monitor RADIUS servers. You can
use the default test username (test) and default password (test).
Note We recommend that the test username not be the same as an existing username in the RADIUS database
for security reasons.
To configure the optional username and password for periodic RADIUS server status testing, see
"Configuring a RADIUS Server" section on page

About Validating a RADIUS Server

As of Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(1), you can periodically validate a RADIUS server. The switch sends a
test authentication to the server using the username and password that you configure. If the server does
not respond to the test authentication, then the server is considered non responding.
For security reasons we recommend that you do not use a username that is configured on your RADIUS
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server as a test username.
You can configure this option to test the server periodically, or you can run a one-time only test.

Periodically Validating a RADIUS Server

To configure the switch to periodically test a RADIUS server using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Expand Switches > Security > AAA, and then select RADIUS.
Step 1
You see the RADIUS configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the Servers tab.
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Configuring RADIUS Server Monitoring Parameters
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