Dell PowerConnect B-FCXs Configuration Manual page 1356

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Configuring the web authentication mode
For <password1>, <password2>, etc., enter up to 29 ASCII characters.
Be sure to Insert a cursor return (<cr>) after each user record.
You can enter up to 30 user records per text file.
Importing a text file of user records from a TFTP server
NOTE
Before importing the file, make sure it adheres to the ASCII text format described in the previous
section,
To import a text file of user records from a TFTP server to the PowerConnect switch, enter a
command such as the following.
PowerConnect#(config-localuserdb-userdb1)#import-users tftp 192.168.1.1 filename
userdb1
Syntax: import-users tftp <ip-address> filename <filename>
The <ip-address> parameter specifies the IPv4 address of the TFTP server on which the desired
text file resides.
The <filename> parameter specifies the name of the image on the TFTP server.
Using a RADIUS server as the web authentication method
By default, Web Authentication will use a RADIUS server to authenticate hosts' usernames and
passwords, unless the device is configured to use the local user database (see the previous
section). To configure the PowerConnect switch to use a RADIUS server, refer to
RADIUS security"
1. Configure the RADIUS server information on the PowerConnect switch. Enter a command
2. Enable the username and password authentication mode.
3. Enable the RADIUS authentication method. Refer to
Setting the local user database authentication method
By default, the PowerConnect switch uses a RADIUS server to authenticate users in a VLAN. The
previous section describes how to configure a RADIUS server to authenticate users in a VLAN. To
configure the switch to instead use a local user database to authenticate users in a VLAN, enter a
command such as the following.
1314
"Creating a text file of user records"
on page 1181. You must also do the following.
such as the following.
PowerConnect(config)#radius-server host 10.1.1.8 auth-port 1812 acct-port 1813
default key $GSig@U\
NOTE
Web Authentication will use the first reachable RADIUS server listed in the configuration. The
use-radius-server on individual ports is not supported for Web Authentication.
PowerConnect(config-vlan-10-webauth)#auth-mode username-password
authentication method" on page 1314 or
on page 1315
on page 1313.
"Setting the local user database
"Setting the web authentication failover sequence"
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