Specifications

Configuring Authentication
April 15, 2011 Page 23 of 36
Procedure 9describessettingtheMultiAuthauthenticationportandmaximumuserproperties.
Setting MultiAuth Authentication Timers
Theidletimeoutsettingdeterminestheamountofidletimeinwhichnotraffictransitsthelinkfor
auserordevicebeforetheconnectionisremovedfromtheconnectiontable.Theidletimeoutcan
besetforanyauthenticationmethod.
Thesessiontimeoutsettingdeterminesthemaximumamountoftime
asessioncanlastbefore
beingterminated.
Procedure 10describessettingtheMultiAuthauthenticationtimers.
Procedure 9 MultiAuth Authentication Port and Maximum User Properties Configuration
Step Task Command(s)
1. Set the specified ports to the MultiAuth
authentication optional port mode.
set multiauth port mode auth-opt port-string
2. Set the specified ports to the MultiAuth
authentication required port mode.
set multiauth port mode auth-reqd
port-string
3. Set the specified ports to the MultiAuth
authentication force authenticated port mode.
set multiauth port mode force-auth
port-string
4. Set the specified ports to the MultiAuth
authentication force unauthenticated port mode.
set multiauth port mode force-unauth
port-string
5. Optionally set the maximum number of
authenticated users for the specified port.
Notes: This value can be set to any value up to
the maximum number of MultiAuth users
supported for the device. See the firmware
release notes that come with your device for the
maximum number of supported MultiAuth users
the device supports.
set multiauth port mode numusers
numusers port-string
6. Reset the ports MultiAuth authentication port
mode to the default value for the specified ports.
clear multiauth port mode port-string
7. Reset the ports MultiAuth authentication port
maximum number of users to the default value
for the specified ports.
clear multiauth port numusers port-string
Procedure 10 MultiAuth Authentication Timers Configuration
Step Task Command(s)
1. Optionally set the MultiAuth authentication idle
timeout value for the specified authentication
method.
set multiauth idle-timeout auth-method
timeout
2. Reset the MultiAuth authentication idle timeout
value to its default value for the specified
authentication method.
clear multiauth idle-timeout auth-method
3. Optionally set the maximum amount of time a
session can last before termination for the
specified authentication method.
set multiauth session-timeout auth-method
timeout