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Chapter 4: Security
4.11 Authentication Method
This section shows how to configure a user with authentication when logging in to the switch via one of the management client
interfaces.
Web Interface
To configure a Authentication Method Configuration in the Web interface:
1. Specify the Client (Console, Telnet, SSH, Web) you want to monitor.
2. Specify the Authentication Method (None, Local, RADIUS, TACACS+)
3. Check “Fallback.“
4. Click “Save.“
Figure 4-28. Authentication Method Configuration screen.
Parameter Description
• Client: The management client for which the configuration below applies.
• Authentication Method: Authentication Method can be set to one of the following values:
- none : authentication is disabled and login is not possible.
- local : use the local user database on the switch for authentication.
- radius : use a remote RADIUS server for authentication.
- tacacs+ : use a remote TACACS+ server for authentication.
• Fallback: Enable fallback to local authentication by checking this box. If none of the configured authentication servers is alive,
the local user database is used for authentication. This is only possible if the Authentication Method is set to a value other than
’none’ or ’local’.
• Buttons:
- Save: Click to save changes.
- Reset: Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.
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