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Port (1-65535)
Timeout (1-255)
Retransmit (1-255)
Key
Click Apply to add the server host.

Login Method Lists

This command will configure a user-defined or default Login Method List of authentication techniques for users logging
on to the Switch. The sequence of techniques implemented in this command will affect the authentication result. For
example, if a user enters a sequence of techniques, for example TACACS - XTACACS- local, the Switch will send an
authentication request to the first TACACS host in the server group. If no response comes from the server host, the Switch
will send an authentication request to the second TACACS host in the server group and so on, until the list is exhausted. At
that point, the Switch will restart the same sequence with the following protocol listed, XTACACS. If no authentication
takes place using the XTACACS list, the local account database set in the Switch is used to authenticate the user. When the
local method is used, the privilege level will be dependant on the local account privilege configured on the Switch.
Successful login using any of these techniques will give the user a "User" privilege only. If the user wishes to upgrade his
or her status to the administrator level, the user must use the Enable Admin window, in which the user must enter a
previously configured password, set by the administrator. (See the Enable Admin part of this section for more detailed
information concerning the Enable Admin command.)
To view the following screen click Security Management > Access Authentication Control > Login Method Lists:
The Switch contains one Method List that is set and cannot be removed, yet can be modified. To delete a Login Method
List defined by the user, click the
modify a Login Method List, click on its hyperlinked Method List Name. To configure a new Method List, click the Add
button.
Both actions will result in the same screen to configure:
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Enter a number between 1 and 65535 to define the virtual port number of the
authentication protocol on a server host. The default port number is 49 for
TACACS/XTACACS/TACACS+ servers and 1813 for RADIUS servers but the user
may set a unique port number for higher security.
Enter the time in seconds the Switch will wait for the server host to reply to an
authentication request. The default value is 5 seconds.
Enter the value in the retransmit field to change how many times the device will
resend an authentication request when the TACACS server does not respond.
Authentication key to be shared with a configured TACACS+ or RADIUS servers only.
Specify an alphanumeric string up to 254 characters.
NOTE: More than one authentication protocol can be run on the same
physical server host but, remember that TACACS/XTACACS/TACACS+
are separate entities and are not compatible with each other
Figure 7- 16. Login Method List Settings window
under the Delete heading corresponding to the entry desired to be deleted. To
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