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Command Reference Security Commands
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Note: For accounting, the SCS has to hold onto packets until they can be verified. If the
Maxtries and Timeout values are too large, you can overflow the SCS and it will
begin to drop accounting packets. This can be avoided by setting retries and
timeouts to lower values.
Secret
Specifies the Secret to be Shared between the RADIUS client and server. Must
be used in conjunction with the string parameter.
string
A string of up to 64 characters. This string must be identical to that used by the
RADIUS server for the SCS.
Accounting
Specifies that RADIUS accounting information will be sent to a RADIUS
accounting server. Accounting can be enabled even if the SCS does not use a
RADIUS server for authentication.
Primary
Specifies the primary accounting server to which accounting information will
be sent. If the primary server cannot be reached, the secondary server will be
tried.
Secondary
Specifies the secondary accounting server to which accounting information
will be sent when the primary server cannot be reached.
PortNum
A port number between 0 and 65535, inclusive.
Defaults Authentication port: 1645
Maxtries: 3
Timeout: 1 (second)
Accounting port: 1646
Examples
Local>> DEFINE AUTHENTICATION RADIUS PRIMARY 192.0.1.55:1234
Local>> DEFINE AUTHENTICATION RADIUS TIMEOUT 10 MAXTRIES 4
Local>> DEFINE AUTHENTICATION RADIUS ACCOUNTING ENABLED
See Also Clear/Purge Authentication, page 12-153; Define Site Authentication, page
12-134; Show/Monitor/List Authentication, page 12-178; RADIUS, page 11-
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