Managing Authentication Servers; In This Chapter - Alcatel OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Manual

20 Managing Authentication
This chapter describes authentication servers and how they are used with the switch. The types of servers
described include Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS), Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP), and SecurID's ACE/Server.

In This Chapter

The chapter includes some information about attributes that must be configured on the servers, but it
primarily addresses configuring the switch through the Command Line Interface (CLI) to communicate
with the servers to retrieve authentication information about users.
Configuration procedures described include:
Configuring an ACE/Server. This procedure is described in
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Configuring a RADIUS Server. This procedure is described in
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Configuring an LDAP Server. This procedure is described in
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For information about using servers for authenticating users to manage the switch, see the "Switch Secu-
rity" chapter in the OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide.
For information about using servers to retrieve authentication information for Layer 2 Authentication users
(authenticated VLANs), see
OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Guide
Chapter 21, "Configuring Authenticated VLANs."
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Servers
"ACE/Server" on page 20-8.
"RADIUS Servers" on page
"LDAP Servers" on page
20-9.
20-15.
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