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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
OL-8413-07, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Chapter 20 R Commands
radius-server key
radius-server key
To configure a global RADIUS shared secret, use the radius-server key command. Use the no form of
this command to removed a configured shared secret.
radius-server key [0 | 7] shared-secret
no radius-server key [0 | 7] shared-secret
Syntax Description
Defaults None.
Command Modes Configuration mode.
Command History
Usage Guidelines You need to configure the RADIUS preshared key to authenticate the switch to the RADIUS server. The
length of the key is restricted to 65 characters and can include any printable ASCII characters (white
spaces are not allowed). You can configure a global key to be used for all RADIUS server configurations
on the switch. You can override this global key assignment by explicitly using the key option in the
radius-server host command.
Examples The following examples provide various scenarios to configure RADIUS authentication.
switch# config terminal
switch(config)# radius-server key AnyWord
switch(config)# radius-server key 0 AnyWord
switch(config)# radius-server key 7 public
Related Commands
0 Configures a preshared key specified in clear text (indicated by 0) to
authenticate communication between the RADIUS client and server. This is
the default.
7 Configures a preshared key specified in encrypted text (indicated by 7) to
authenticate communication between the RADIUS client and server.
shared-secret Configures a preshared key to authenticate communication between the
RADIUS client and server.
Release Modification
1.0(2) This command was introduced.
Command Description
show radius-server Displays RADIUS server information.
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