Motorola WS5100 Series Reference Manual page 393

4. Modify the following Radius Server attributes as necessary:
Radius Server Index
Radius Server IP
Address
Radius Server Port
Number of retries to
communicate with
Radius Server
Time to wait for
Radius Server to reply
Encryption key shared
with Radius Server
5. Refer to the Status
messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.
6. Click on OK to complete the modification of the Radius Server.
7. Click Cancel
7.6.2.2 Adding a New Radius Server
The attributes of a new Radius Server can be defined by the switch to provide a new user authentication
server. Once the server is configured and added, it displays within the Authentication tab as an option
available to the switch.
To define the attributes of a new Radius Server:
1. Select Management Access
The Users screen displays.
2. Select the Authentication
Displays the read-only numerical
distinguish this server from other servers with a similar configuration (if necessary).
The maximum number that can be assigned is 32.
Modify the IP address of the external Radius server (if necessary). Ensure this
address is a valid IP address and not a DNS name.
Change the TCP/IP port number for the Radius Server (if necessary). The port range
available for assignment is from 1 - 65535.
Revise (if necessary) the maximum number of times the switch retransmits a Radius
Server frame before it times out of the authentication session. The available range
is between 0 - 100.
Revise (if necessary) the maximum time (in seconds) the switch waits for the Radius
Server's acknowledgment of authentication request packets before the switch
times out of the session. The configurable range is between 1 - 1000 seconds.
Enter the encryption key the switch and Radius Server share and must validate
before the user authentication scheme provided by the Radius Server can be
initiated.
field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field displays error
to revert back to the last saved configuration without saving any of your changes.
> Users
tab.
Index value for the Radius Server to help
from the main menu tree.
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