DES-3550 Layer 2
Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
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Enable Method Lists
This window is used to set up Method Lists to promote users with normal level privileges to
Administrator level privileges using authentication methods on the Switch. Once a user
acquires normal user level privileges on the Switch, he or she must be authenticated by a
method on the Switch to gain administrator privileges on the Switch, which is defined by the
Administrator. A maximum of eight (8)
Enable Method Lists
can be implemented on the
Switch, one of which is a default
Enable Method List.
This default
Enable Method List
cannot
be deleted but can be configured.
The sequence of methods implemented in this command will affect the authentication result.
For example, if a user enters a sequence of methods like
TACACS – XTACACS – Local
Enable,
the Switch will send an authentication request to the first
TACACS
host in the server
group. If no verification is found, 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 Enable
password set in the
Switch is used to authenticate the user.
Successful authentication using any of these methods will give the user an “Admin” privilege.
To
view
the following table, click Management > Access Authentication Control > Enable
Method Lists:
Figure 7- 14. Enable Method List Settings window.
To delete an
Enable Method List
defined by the user, click the
under the
Delete
heading
corresponding to the entry desired to be deleted. To modify an
Enable Method List
, click on
its hyperlinked
Enable Method List Name
. To configure a Method List, click the
Add
button.
Both actions will result in the same screen to configure:
NOTE:
To set the
Local Enable Password
, see the next section,
entitled
Local Enable Password.
