Dell PowerConnect B-FCXs, Configuration Manual

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Configuring RADIUS security
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Example
Syntax: show web connection
Use the following command to clear web connections:
PowerConnect#clear web-connection
Syntax: clear web connection
After issuing the clear web connection command, the show web connection command displays the
following output:
Configuring RADIUS security
You can use a Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) server to secure the following
types of access to the Layer 2 Switch or Layer 3 Switch:
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Telnet access
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SSH access
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Web management access
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Access to the Privileged EXEC level and CONFIG levels of the CLI
NOTE
Dell PowerConnect devices do not support RADIUS security for SNMP (Brocade Network Advisor)
access.
RADIUS authentication, authorization, and accounting
When RADIUS authentication is implemented, the Dell PowerConnect device consults a RADIUS
server to verify user names and passwords. You can optionally configure RADIUS authorization , in
which the Dell PowerConnect device consults a list of commands supplied by the RADIUS server to
determine whether a user can execute a command he or she has entered, as well as
accounting ,
which causes the Dell PowerConnect device to log information on a RADIUS accounting server
when specified events occur on the device.
RADIUS authentication
When RADIUS authentication takes place, the following events occur.
1. A user attempts to gain access to the Dell PowerConnect device by doing one of the following:
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Logging into the device using Telnet, SSH, or the Web Management Interface
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Entering the Privileged EXEC level or CONFIG level of the CLI
PowerConnect#show web-connection
We management Sessions:
User Privilege IP address MAC address Timeout(secs) Connection
roy READ-WRITE 10.1.1.3 0030.488.b84d9 279 HTTPS
PowerConnect#show web-connection
No WEB-MANAGEMENT sessions are currently established!