Users Guide

To set global communication parameters for all RADIUS server hosts, use the following commands.
• Set a time interval after which a RADIUS host server is declared dead.
CONFIGURATION mode
radius-server deadtime seconds
• seconds: the range is from 0 to 2147483647. The default is 0 seconds.
• Configure a key for all RADIUS communications between the system and RADIUS server hosts.
CONFIGURATION mode
radius-server key [encryption-type] key
• encryption-type: enter 7 to encrypt the password. Enter 0 to keep the password as plain text.
• key: enter a string. The key can be up to 42 characters long. You cannot use spaces in the key.
• Configure the number of times Dell Networking OS retransmits RADIUS requests.
CONFIGURATION mode
radius-server retransmit retries
• retries: the range is from 0 to 100. Default is 3 retries.
• Configure the time interval the system waits for a RADIUS server host response.
CONFIGURATION mode
radius-server timeout seconds
• seconds: the range is from 0 to 1000. Default is 5 seconds.
To view the configuration of RADIUS communication parameters, use the show running-config
command in EXEC Privilege mode.
Monitoring RADIUS
To view information on RADIUS transactions, use the following command.
• View RADIUS transactions to troubleshoot problems.
EXEC Privilege mode
debug radius
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