Configuring An Smb Authentication Server; Configuring A Tacacs+ Authentication Server - Avocent MERGEPOINT 53XX SP MANAGER Installer/User Manual

Configuring an SMB authentication server

You need to configure an SMB authentication server when the MergePoint SP manager is to use
the SMB authentication method or any of its variations (Local/SMB, SMB/Local or SMB Down/
Local).
To configure an SMB authentication server:
1. Click the Users tab.
2. In the top navigation bar, click Authentication Services. The Authentication Service
Configuration window appears.
3. Select SMB from the Authentication Method drop-down menu.
4. In the Domain field, type the SMB domain name.
5. In the Primary Domain Controller field, type the IP address of the primary domain controller.
6. In the Secondary Domain Controller field, type the IP address of the secondary
domain controller.
7. Click Apply.

Configuring a TACACS+ authentication server

You need to configure a TACACS+ authentication server when the MergePoint SP manager is to
use the TACACS+ authentication method or any of its variations (Local/TACACS+, TACACS+/
Local or TACACS+ Down/Local). To configure a TACACS+ authentication server, you must
prepare an account for admin or other admin user.
To configure a TACACS+ authentication server:
1. Click the Users tab.
2. In the top navigation bar, click Authentication Services. The Authentication Service
Configuration window appears.
3. Select TACACS+ from the Authentication Method drop-down menu.
4. In the First Authentication Server field, type the IP address of the first authentication server.
5. In the Second Authentication Server field, type the IP address of a second
authentication server.
6. In the First Accounting Server field, type the IP address of the first accounting server.
7. In the Second Accounting Server field, type the IP address of the second accounting server.
8. In the Secret field, type the secret.
9. Check or leave unchecked the Enable Raccess Authorization checkbox.
10. In the Timeout field, type one or more time-out values.
11. In the Retries field, type a number of retries.
12. Click Apply.
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