184 Controlling Management Access
Authentication Profiles
User authentication occurs locally and on an external server. Use the 
Authentication Profiles page to select the user authentication methods for 
the defaultList and networkList. These Authentication Profiles are created by 
default.
To display the Authentication Profiles page, click System 
→
 Management 
Security 
→
 Authentication Profiles in the navigation panel. 
Figure 9-8. Authentication Profiles
Adding and Configuring an Authentication Profile
To configure an authentication profile:
1
Open the 
Authentication Profiles 
page.
2
Click 
Add
 to display the 
Add 
Authentication
 Profiles 
page.
3
Enter a name for the Authentication Profile.
4
Select the authentication methods to use for the profile.
The order in which you select the methods is the order the switch will use 
to attempt to authentication the user. In 
Figure 9-9
, the profile name is