2-25 
Operation  Command  Remarks 
Set the IP address and port 
number of the primary TACACS 
authentication server 
primary authentication 
ip-address [ port ] 
Required 
By default, the IP address of the 
primary authentication server is 
0.0.0.0, and the port number is 
0. 
Set the IP address and port 
number of the secondary 
TACACS authentication server 
secondary authentication 
ip-address [ port ] 
Optional 
By default, the IP address of the 
secondary authentication 
server is 0.0.0.0, and the port 
number is 0. 
 
 
z  You are not allowed to configure the same IP address for both primary and secondary 
authentication servers. If you do this, the system will prompt that the configuration fails. 
z  You can remove an authentication server setting only when there is no active TCP connection that 
is sending authentication messages to the server. 
 
Configuring TACACS Authorization Servers 
Table 2-27 Configure TACACS authorization servers 
Operation  Command  Remarks 
Enter system view 
system-view 
— 
Create a HWTACACS scheme 
and enter its view 
hwtacacs scheme 
hwtacacs-scheme-name 
Required 
By default, no HWTACACS 
scheme exists. 
Set the IP address and port 
number of the primary TACACS 
authorization server 
primary authorization 
ip-address [ port ] 
Required 
By default, the IP address of the 
primary authorization server is 
0.0.0.0, and the port number is 0.
Set the IP address and port 
number of the secondary 
TACACS authorization server 
secondary authorization 
ip-address [ port ] 
Optional 
By default, the IP address of the 
secondary authorization server is 
0.0.0.0, and the port number is 0.
 
 
z  You are not allowed to configure the same IP address for both primary and secondary authorization 
servers. If you do this, the system will prompt that the configuration fails. 
z  You can remove a server only when it is not used by any active TCP connection for sending 
authorization messages.