Installation guide

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authentication source if a user does not exist in the local Server’s database, since the primary method has
rejected the authentication attempt.
For instructions on configuring an external Radius Server, as well as defining Radius Server settings specific
for use with an RFS7000 model switch, see Configuring External Radius Server Support on page 4-43.
6.9.3 Defining the Radius Configuration
To configure Radius support on the switch:
1. Select Security > Radius Server from the main menu.
2. Ensure the Configuration tab is selected.
3. Click the Start the RADIUS server link to use the switch’s own Radius server to authenticate users
accessing the switch managed network.
4. Set a Timeout value (between 5 and 10 seconds) to define the timeout interval for the proxy request.
This value represents the time to wait for a reply from the proxy server.
Ensure the value is set long enough to compensate for the heaviest periods of data traffic within the
switch managed network.
5. Set a Retires value (between 3 and 6) to define the number of retries sent to proxy server before
giving up the request.
6. Click the Apply button to save the changes made to within the Global Settings field.