User guide

Chapter 7: Security Menu and Forms 57
To view, kill or refresh active user sessions:
1. Go to Security - Active Ports Sessions. The Active Ports Sessions form appears.
2. To refresh the display, click the Refresh button.
3. To kill a session, select the desired session and click the Kill Sessions button.
Authentication
Selecting Security - Authentication displays the form shown in the following figure, which includes
AuthType, Radius, Tacacs+ and Ldap tabs.
Figure 7.3: Expert - Security - Authentication
You can use the Authentication forms to select a method for authenticating logins to the console
server or to identify authentication servers that are configured for logins either to the console server
or to the serial ports.
Configuring authentication for console server logins
The default authentication method for the console server is Local. You can either accept the default
or select another authentication method from the Unit Authentication pull-down menu on the
AuthType form.
Any authentication method selected for the console server is used for authentication of any user
attempting to log into the console server through Telnet, SSH or the Web Manager.
To configure the console server login authentication method:
1. Go to Security - Authentication. The AuthType form is displayed.
2. To specify an authentication method for login to the console server, select a method from the
Unit Authentication pull-down menu.
NOTE: Make sure an authentication server is specified for the selected authentication type.
3. Click apply changes.