Modifying The Radius Server Order; Removing A Radius Server; Active Directory Service Management; Enabling Active Directory Service - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

Modifying the RADIUS server order

The RADIUS servers are contacted in the order they are listed, starting from the top of the list and
moving to the bottom.
To modify the RADIUS server order, perform the following steps.
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in
2. Select the AAA Service tab.
3. Select a RADIUS server from the RADIUS Configuration list.
4. Click the up and down arrows to rearrange the order of the RADIUS servers.
5. Click Apply.

Removing a RADIUS server

To remove a RADIUS server, perform the following steps.
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in
2. Select the AAA Service tab.
3. Select a RADIUS server from the RADIUS Configuration list.
4. Click Remove.
5. Click Apply in the AAA Services tab.
6. Click Yes in the confirmation.

Active Directory service management

Active Directory is the directory server that holds all the user profiles. Active Directory provides user
authentication and authorization using LDAP as authentication protocol. Active Directory provides
better security while using remote authentication mechanism.
You can add, remove, and modify settings of Active Directory Server.

Enabling Active Directory service

For adding a new Active Directory server, you must provide the server IP address, port number,
secret string, timeout value, and LDAP as the authentication protocol. The server IP address may
be in either IPv4 or IPv6 format. Select Active Directory as the server type; the dialog box displays
LDAP as the only authentication protocol.
To enable Active Directory service, perform the following steps.
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If there is no RADIUS server configured, the Remove button is disabled. You cannot remove the
only RADIUS server if RADIUS is the primary AAA service.
The RADIUS server is not deleted until you apply the changes from the AAA Services tab.
A confirmation displays, warning you that you are about to remove the selected RADIUS server.

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