Dell Force10 MXL Blade - Set the Global Communication Parameters for All RADIUS Server Hosts

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To specify a RADIUS server host and configure its communication parameters, use the following
command in CONFIGURATION mode:
To specify multiple RADIUS server hosts, configure the
radius-server host command multiple times. If you
configure multiple RADIUS server hosts, FTOS attempts to connect with them in the order in which they
were configured. When FTOS attempts to authenticate a user, the software connects with the RADIUS
server hosts one at a time, until a RADIUS server host responds with an accept or reject response.
If you want to change an optional parameter setting for a specific host, use the
radius-server host command.
To change the global communication settings to all RADIUS server hosts, refer to Set the Global
Communication Parameters for all RADIUS Server Hosts.
To view the RADIUS configuration, use the
show running-config radius command in EXEC Privilege mode.
To delete a RADIUS server host, use the
no radius-server host {hostname | ip-address} command.
Set the Global Communication Parameters for all RADIUS Server Hosts
You can configure global communication parameters (auth-port, key, retransmit, and timeout parameters)
and specific host communication parameters on the same system. However, if you configure both global
and specific host parameters, the specific host parameters override the global parameters for that RADIUS
server host.
To set global communication parameters for all RADIUS server hosts, use any or all of the following
commands in CONFIGURATION mode:
Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
radius-server host {hostname |
ip-address} [auth-port port-number]
[retransmit retries] [timeout seconds]
[key [encryption-type] key]
CONFIGURATION Enter the host name or IP address of the RADIUS server
host. Configure the optional communication parameters
for the specific host:
•
auth-port port-number range: 0 to 65335. Enter a
UDP port number. The default is 1812.
•
retransmit retries range: 0 to 100. Default is 3.
• timeout seconds range: 0 to 1000. Default is 5
seconds.
•
key [encryption-type] key: Enter 0 for plain text or 7
for encrypted text, and a string for the key. The key
can be up to 42 characters long. This key must match
the key configured on the RADIUS server host.
If you do not configure these optional parameters, the
global default values for all RADIUS host are applied.
Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
radius-server deadtime seconds CONFIGURATION Set a time interval after which a RADIUS host
server is declared dead.
• seconds range: 0 to 2147483647.
Default: 0 seconds