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Chapter 39 Configuring the Switch Access Using AAA
Configuring Authentication on the Switch
To specify one or more servers, perform this task in privileged mode:
This example shows how to specify servers and verify the configuration:
Console> (enable)
set tacacs server 172.20.52.3
172.20.52.3 added to TACACS server table as primary server.
Console> (enable)
set tacacs server 172.20.52.2 primary
172.20.52.2 added to TACACS server table as primary server.
Console> (enable)
set tacacs server 172.20.52.10
172.20.52.10 added to TACACS server table as backup server.
Console> (enable)
Console> (enable)
show tacacs
Login Authentication: Console Session Telnet Session
--------------------- ---------------- ----------------
tacacs disabled disabled
radius disabled disabled
local enabled(primary) enabled(primary)
Enable Authentication: Console Session Telnet Session
---------------------- ----------------- ----------------
tacacs disabled disabled
radius disabled disabled
local enabled(primary) enabled(primary)
Tacacs key:
Tacacs login attempts: 3
Tacacs timeout: 5 seconds
Tacacs direct request: disabled
Tacacs-Server Status
---------------------------------------- -------
172.20.52.3
172.20.52.2 primary
172.20.52.10
Console> (enable)
Enabling Authentication
Note
Specify at least one server before enabling authentication on the switch. For
information on specifying a server, see the
“Specifying Servers” section on
page 39-19
.
You can enable authentication for login and enable access to the switch. If desired, you can
use the
console
and
telnet
keywords to specify that authentication is used only on the console
or Telnet connections. If you are using both RADIUS and , you can use the
primary
keyword
to force the switch to try authentication first.
Task
Command
Step 1
Specify the IP address of one or more
servers.
set tacacs server
ip_addr
[
primary
]
Step 2
Verify the configuration.
show tacacs