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MergePoint Service Processor Manager SP53XX Installer/User Guide
Configuring an NIS authentication server
You need to configure an NIS authentication server when the MergePoint SP manager is
configured to use the NIS authentication method or any of its variations (NIS/DownLocal, Local/
NIS or NIS/Local).
To configure an NIS authentication server:
1.
Click the Users tab.
2.
In the top navigation bar, click Authentication Services. The Authentication Service
Configuration window appears.
3.
Select NIS from the Authentication Method drop-down menu. The NIS fields display.
4.
In the NIS Domain Name field, type the NIS domain name.
5.
In the NIS Server IP field, type the IP address of the NIS server.
6.
Click Apply.
Configuring a RADIUS authentication server
You need to configure a RADIUS authentication server when the MergePoint SP manager is
configured to use the RADIUS authentication method or any of its variations (Local/Radius,
Radius/Local or Radius Down/Local). See Configuring group authorization for RADIUS
authentication on page 95 for how to manually configure group authorizations with RADIUS
authentication.
To configure a RADIUS authentication server:
1.
Click the Users tab.
2.
In the top navigation bar, click Authentication Services. The Authentication Service
Configuration window appears.
3.
Select Radius from the Authentication Method drop-down menu.
4.
In the First Authentication Server field, type the IP address of the first or only
authentication server.
5.
In the Second Authentication Server field, type the IP address of a second authentication server
(if available)
6.
In the First Accounting Server field, type the IP address of the first or only accounting server.
7.
In the Second Accounting Server field, type the IP address of a second accounting server
(if available)
8.
In the Secret field, type the secret.
9.
In the Timeout field, type one or more time-out values.
10. In the Retries field, type a number of retries.
11. Click Apply.
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