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the switch can provide authentication service to up to 16 network access
servers (including the switch itself) at the same time.
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When acting as the local RADIUS authentication server, the switch does not
support EAP authentication.
Configuring Timers for
RADIUS Servers
After sending out a RADIUS request (authentication/authorization request or
accounting request) to a RADIUS server, the switch waits for a response from the
server. The maximum time that the switch can wait for the response is called the
response timeout time of RADIUS servers, and the corresponding timer in the
switch system is called the response timeout timer of RADIUS servers. If the switch
gets no answer within the response timeout time, it needs to retransmit the
request to ensure that the user can obtain RADIUS service.
For the primary and secondary servers (authentication/authorization servers, or
accounting servers) in a RADIUS scheme:
When the switch fails to communicate with the primary server due to some server
trouble, the switch will turn to the secondary server and exchange messages with
the secondary server.
After the primary server remains in the block state for a specific time (set by the
timer quiet command), the switch will try to communicate with the primary
server again when it has a RADIUS request. If it finds that the primary server has
recovered, the switch immediately restores the communication with the primary
server instead of communicating with the secondary server, and at the same time
restores the status of the primary server to
active while keeping the status of the
secondary server unchanged.
To control the interval at which users are charged in real time, you can set the
real-time accounting interval. After the setting, the switch periodically sends
online users’ accounting information to RADIUS server at the set interval.
Table 199 Set timers for RADIUS servers
Operation Command Remarks
Enter system view system-view -
Create a RADIUS scheme and
enter its view radius scheme
radius-scheme-name
Required
By default, a RADIUS scheme
named "system" has already
been created in the system.
Set the response timeout time
of RADIUS servers timer response-timeout
seconds
Optional
By default, the response
timeout time of RADIUS
servers is three seconds.
Set the time that the switch
waits before it try to
re-communicate with primary
server and restore the status
of the primary server to active timer quiet minutes Optional
By default, the switch waits
five minutes before it restores
the status of the primary
server to active.
Set the real-time accounting
interval timer realtime-accounting
minutes
Optional
By default, the real-time
accounting interval is 12
minutes.