Cisco Nexus 3600 NX-OS - Configuring RADIUS Server Hosts

See Configuring RADIUS Global Preshared Keys, on page 34.
Step 3
If needed, configure RADIUS server groups with subsets of the RADIUS servers for AAA authentication
methods.
See Allowing Users to Specify a RADIUS Server at Login, on page 37 and Configuring Accounting and
Authentication Attributes for RADIUS Servers, on page 39.
Step 4
If needed, configure any of the following optional parameters:
•
Dead-time interval. See Configuring the Dead-Time Interval, on page 41.
•
Allow specification of a RADIUS server at login. See Allowing Users to Specify a RADIUS Server at
Login, on page 37
•
Transmission retry count and timeout interval. See Configuring the Global RADIUS Transmission Retry
Count and Timeout Interval, on page 38.
•
Accounting and authentication attributes. See Configuring Accounting and Authentication Attributes
for RADIUS Servers, on page 39.
Step 5
If needed, configure periodic RADIUS server monitoring.
See Configuring Periodic RADIUS Server Monitoring, on page 40.
Configuring RADIUS Server Hosts
You must configure the IPv4 or IPv6 address or the hostname for each RADIUS server that you want to use
for authentication. All RADIUS server hosts are added to the default RADIUS server group. You can configure
up to 64 RADIUS servers.
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters global configuration move.switch# configure terminal
Step 1
Specifies the IPv4 or IPv6 address or hostname for
a RADIUS server.
switch(config)# radius-server host
{ipv4-address | ipv6-address | host-name}
Step 2
Exits configuration mode.switch(config)# exit
Step 3
(Optional)
Displays the RADIUS server configuration.
switch# show radius-server
Step 4
(Optional)
Saves the change persistenetly through reboots and
restarts by copying the running configuration to the
startup configuration.
switch# copy running-config
startup-contig
Step 5
The following example shows how to configure host 10.10.1.1 as a RADIUS server:
switch# configure terminal
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