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Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Security Command Reference
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Chapter       R Commands
radius-server host
Command Default Accounting port: 1813
Authentication port: 1812
Accounting: enabled
Authentication: enabled
Retransmission count: 1
Idle-time: 0
Server monitoring: disabled
Timeout: 5 seconds
Test username: test 
Test password: test
Command Modes Global configuration mode 
Command History
Usage Guidelines When the idle time interval is 0 minutes, periodic RADIUS server monitoring is not performed.
Examples This example shows how to configure RADIUS server authentication and accounting parameters:
switch(config)# radius-server host 192.168.2.3 key HostKey 
switch(config)# radius-server host 192.168.2.3 auth-port 2003 
switch(config)# radius-server host 192.168.2.3 acct-port 2004 
switch(config)# radius-server host 192.168.2.3 accounting 
switch(config)# radius-server host radius2 key 0 abcd 
switch(config)# radius-server host radius3 key 7 1234 
switch(config)# radius-server host 192.168.2.3 test idle-time 10 
switch(config)# radius-server host 192.168.2.3 test username tester 
switch(config)# radius-server host 192.168.2.3 test password 2B9ka5 
Related Commands
username name Specifies a username in the test packets. The is alphanumeric, not case 
sensitive, and has a maximum of 32 characters.
timeout seconds Specifies the timeout (in seconds) between retransmissions to the RADIUS 
server. The default is 1 second and the range is from 1 to 60 seconds.
Release Modification
5.2(1)N1(1) This command was introduced. 
Command Description
show radius-server Displays RADIUS server information.