Table 9.13: List Of Authentication Method Procedures - Avocent Cyclades ACS Installation/Administration/User Manual

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Table 9.12: Expert - Authentication Methods and Fallback Mechanisms (Continued)
Authentication Type
NISDownLocal
Radius
Radius/Local
RadiusDownLocal
TACACS+
TACACS+/Local
TACACS+DownLocal
To configure a serial port login authentication method:
This procedure configures an authentication method that applies to logins to devices connected to
serial ports. You can select different methods for individual ports or for groups of ports.
1. Go to Ports - Physical Ports in Expert mode and select a port or ports to modify.
2. Click the Access tab.
3. To select an authentication method, select one of the options in the Type menu.
4. Click Done.
5. Click apply changes. The changes are stored in the /etc/portSlave/pSlave.conf file on the
console server.
6. Make sure that an authentication server is specified for the selected authentication type.
The following table lists the procedures that apply to each authentication method.

Table 9.13: List of Authentication Method Procedures

Authentication Method
Kerberos, Kerberos/Local or Kerberos/DownLocal
LDAP, LDAP/Local or LDAP/DownLocal
NIS, Local/NIS, NIS/Local or NIS/DownLocal
RADIUS, Local/RADIUS, RADIUS/Local or RADIUS/DownLocal
TACACS+, Local/TACACS+, TACACS+/Local or
TACACS+DownLocal
Definition
Local authentication is performed only when the NIS server is down.
Authentication is performed using a Radius authentication server.
Radius authentication is tried first, switching to Local if unsuccessful.
Local authentication is performed only when the Radius server is down.
Authentication is performed using a TACACS+ authentication server.
TACACS+ authentication is tried first, switching to Local if unsuccessful.
Local authentication is tried only when the TACACS+ server is down.
Where Documented
To configure a Kerberos authentication
server: on page 121.
To configure an LDAP authentication
server: on page 120.
To configure a NIS authentication server:
on page 123.
To configure a RADIUS authentication
server: on page 118.
To configure a TACACS+ authentication
server: on page 119.