Configuring Radius Security; Radius Authentication, Authorization, And Accounting - Dell PowerConnect B-FCXs Configuration Manual

Example
PowerConnect#show web-connection
We management Sessions:
User Privilege
roy READ-WRITE
Syntax: show web connection
Use the following command to clear web connections:
PowerConnect#clear web-connection
Syntax: clear web connection
After issuing the clear web connection command, the show web connection command displays the
following output:
PowerConnect#show web-connection
No WEB-MANAGEMENT sessions are currently established!

Configuring RADIUS security

You can use a Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) server to secure the following
types of access to the Layer 2 Switch or Layer 3 Switch:
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NOTE
Dell PowerConnect devices do not support RADIUS security for SNMP (Brocade Network Advisor)
access.

RADIUS authentication, authorization, and accounting

When RADIUS authentication is implemented, the Dell PowerConnect device consults a RADIUS
server to verify user names and passwords. You can optionally configure RADIUS authorization, in
which the Dell PowerConnect device consults a list of commands supplied by the RADIUS server to
determine whether a user can execute a command he or she has entered, as well as accounting,
which causes the Dell PowerConnect device to log information on a RADIUS accounting server
when specified events occur on the device.
RADIUS authentication
When RADIUS authentication takes place, the following events occur.
1. A user attempts to gain access to the Dell PowerConnect device by doing one of the following:
PowerConnect B-Series FCX Configuration Guide
53-1002266-01
IP address
10.1.1.3
Telnet access
SSH access
Web management access
Access to the Privileged EXEC level and CONFIG levels of the CLI
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Logging into the device using Telnet, SSH, or the Web Management Interface
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Entering the Privileged EXEC level or CONFIG level of the CLI
Configuring RADIUS security
MAC address Timeout(secs)
0030.488.b84d9 279
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Connection
HTTPS
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