Cisco Nexus 3600 NX-OS - Configuring Accounting and Authentication Attributes for RADIUS Servers

PurposeCommand or Action
(Optional)
Displays the RADIUS server configuration.
switch# show radius-server
Step 5
(Optional)
Copies the running configuration to the startup
configuration.
switch# copy running-config
startup-config
Step 6
This example shows how to set the retry count to 3 and the transmission timeout interval to 5 seconds for
RADIUS servers:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# radius-server retransmit 3
switch(config)# radius-server timeout 5
switch(config)# exit
switch# copy running-config startup-config
Configuring Accounting and Authentication Attributes for RADIUS Servers
You can specify that a RADIUS server is to be used only for accounting purposes or only for authentication
purposes. By default, RADIUS servers are used for both accounting and authentication. You can also specify
the destination UDP port numbers where RADIUS accounting and authentication messages should be sent.
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters global configuration move.switch# configure terminal
Step 1
(Optional)
Specifies a UDP port to use for RADIUS accounting
messages. The default UDP port is 1812.
switch(config)# radius-server host
{ipv4-address | ipv6-address | host-name}
acct-port udp-port
Step 2
The range is from 0 to 65535.
(Optional)
Specifies that the specified RADIUS server is to be
used only for accounting purposes. The default is
both accounting and authentication.
switch(config)# radius-server host
{ipv4-address | ipv6-address | host-name}
accounting
Step 3
(Optional)
Specifies a UDP port to use for RADIUS
authentication messages. The default UDP port is
1812.
switch(config)# radius-server host
{ipv4-address | ipv6-address | host-name}
auth-port udp-port
Step 4
The range is from 0 to 65535.
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Configuring RADIUS
Configuring Accounting and Authentication Attributes for RADIUS Servers