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Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Chapter 32 Configuring RADIUS and
Configuring
To set the global timeout value for servers, follow these steps:
About Servers
By default, the feature is disabled in all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. Fabric
Manager or Device Manager enables the feature automatically when you configure a
server.
If a secret key is not configured for a configured server, a warning message is issued if a global key is
not configured. If a server key is not configured, the global key (if configured) is used for that server.
Note
Prior to Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(2), you can use the dollar sign ($) in the key but the key must
be enclosed in double quotes, for example “k$”. The percent sign (%) is not allowed. In Cisco MDS
SAN-OS Release 2.1(2) and later, you can use the dollar sign ($) without double quotes and the percent
sign (%) in global secret keys.
You can configure global values for the secret key for all servers.
Note
If secret keys are configured for individual servers, those keys override the globally configured key.
Configuring Server Monitoring Parameters
You can configure parameters for monitoring servers.
This section includes the following topics:
•
Configuring the Test Idle Timer, page 32-21
•
Configuring Test Username, page 32-22
•
Configuring the Dead Timer, page 32-22
Configuring the Test Idle Timer
The test idle timer specifies the interval during which a server receives no requests before the
MDS switch sends out a test packet.
Note
The default idle timer value is 0 minutes. When the idle time interval is 0 minutes, periodic
server monitoring is not performed.
Command
Purpose
Step 1
switch#
config t
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)#
tacacs-server
timeout 30
Configures the global timeout period in seconds for the switch
to wait for a response from all servers before the
switch declares a timeout failure. The time ranges from 1 to
1440 seconds.
switch(config)#
no
tacacs-server
timeout 30
Deletes the configured timeout period and reverts to the
factory default of 5 seconds.