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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
OL-16597-01
Chapter 1 Configuring AAA
Configuring AAA
Note
If you are familiar with the Cisco IOS CLI, be aware that the Nexus 5000 Series commands for this
feature might differ from the Cisco IOS commands that you would use.
Configuring Console Login Authentication Methods
This section describes how to configure the authentication methods for the console login.
The authentication methods include the following:
•
Global pool of RADIUS servers
•
Named subset of RADIUS or servers
•
Local database on the Nexus 5000 Series switch
•
Username only (
none
)
The default method is local.
Note
The
group radius
and
group
server-name
forms of the
aaa authentication
command are used for a set
of previously defined RADIUS servers. Use the
radius server-host
command to configure the host
servers. Use the
aaa group server radius
command to create a named group of servers.
Before you configure console login authentication methods, configure RADIUS or server
groups as needed. To configure console login authentication methods, perform this task:
Command
Purpose
Step 1
switch#
configure terminal
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)#
aaa authentication login
console
{
group
group-list
[
none
]|
local
|
none
}
Configures login authentication methods for the
console.
The
group-list
argument consists of a
space-delimited list of group names. The group
names are the following:
•
radius
—Uses the global pool of RADIUS
servers for authentication.
•
named-group
—Uses a named subset of
or RADIUS servers for
authentication.
The
local
method uses the local database for
authentication. The
none
method uses the username
only.
The default console login method is
local
, which is
used when no methods are configured or when all of
the configured methods fail to respond.
Step 3
switch(config)#
exit
Exits configuration mode.