Siemens SCALANCE XR-500

Security and authentication
11.2 RADIUS client
SCALANCE XM-400/XR-500 Command Line Interface (CLI)
Configuration Manual, 11/2015, C79000-G8976-C252-10
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Syntax
Call up the command with the following parameters:
radius-server { ipv4 <ipv4-address> | fqdn-name <FQDN> | ipv6 <ipv6-address> } [auth-
port <portno(1-65535)>] [retransmit <1-254>] [key <secret-key-string>] [primary]
[{login | dot1x | login-dot1x }]
The parameters have the following meaning:
Parameter
Description
Range of values / note
ipv4
Keyword for an IPv4 address
-
ipv4-address
IPv4 address of the RADIUS server Enter a valid IPv4 address.
fqdn-name
Keyword for a domain name
-
FQDN
Domain name (Fully Qualified Domain
Name)
Maximum of 100 characters
ipv6
Keyword for an IPv6 address
-
ipv6-address
IPv6 address of the RADIUS server
Enter a valid IPv6 address.
auth-port
Keyword for the UDP port number for
authentication
portno
Number of the port 1 … 65535
Default: 1812
retransmit
Keyword for the number of connection
retries
-
-
Enter the maximum number of retries
for an attempted query.
The initial connection attempt is re-
peated the number of times specified
here before another configured
RADIUS server is queried or the login
counts as having failed.
1 ... 254
Default: 3 (retries, this means 4
connection attempts)
key
Keyword for the key for communication
between the authenticator and the
server
-
secret-key-string
Value for the key 46 characters
Default: empty string
primary
Identifies the RADIUS server as prima-
ry server
-
login
The server is used only for the login
authentication.
-
dot1x
The server is used only for the 802.1X
authentication.
-
login-dot1x
The server is used for both authentica-
tion procedures.
Default setting
For information on addresses and interfaces, refer to the section "Addresses and interface
names (Page 39)".