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Supermicro L2/L3 Switches Configuration Guide
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1.8.3.1 TACACS Server
Supermicro switches allow for the configuration of multiple TACACS servers. One of these servers
provides the authentication support.
Follow the steps below to configure a TACACS server.
Step Command Description
Step 1
configure terminal
Enters the configuration mode
.
Step 2
tacacs
-
server host <ip
-
address> [single
-
connection] [port <tcp port (1-65535)>] [timeout
<time out in seconds>] key <secret key>
Configure
s the
TACACS server.
ip-address – TACACS server’s IP-address
single-connection – When this option is
specified, only one connection to one
of the configured TACACS servers is
permitted.
port – Specifies the TCP port, from 1-
65535
timeout - Specifies the TACACS server
timeout, from 0 – 255 seconds
key – Authentication key with a
maximum length of 64 characters.
Step 3
e
nd
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 4
show tacacs
Displays the TACACS configuration.
Step 5
write startup
-
config
Optional step
–
saves this configuration
to be part of the startup configuration.
The
“
no
tacacs
-
server host <ip
-
address>
”
command
deletes the TACACS server
.
The example below shows the commands used to configure the TACACS server.
SMIS# configure terminal
SMIS(config)# tacacs-server host 10.10.10.1 port 500 timeout 200 key key123
SMIS(config)# end
SMIS# show tacacs
Server : 1
Address: 10.10.10.1