Installation guide

Switch Management
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5. Refer to the Status field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field displays
error messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.
6. Click on OK to complete the modification of the Radius Server.
7. Click Cancel to revert back to the last saved configuration without saving any of your changes.
7.6.2.2 Adding a New Radius Server
The attributes of a new Radius Server can be defined by the switch to provide a new user authentication server.
Once the server is configured and added, it displays within the Authentication tab as an option available to the
switch.
To define the attributes of a new Radius Server:
1. Select Management Access > Users from the main menu tree.
The Users screen displays.
2. Click on the Authentication tab.
3. Click the Add button at the bottom of the screen.
4. Configure the following Radius Server attributes:
Time to wait for
Radius Server to reply
Revise (if necessary) the maximum time (in seconds) the switch
waits for the Radius Server’s acknowledgment of authentication
request packets before the switch times out of the session. The
configurable range is between 1 - 1000 seconds.
Encryption key shared
with Radius Server
Enter the encryption key the switch and Radius Server share and
must validate before the user authentication scheme provided by
the Radius Server can be initiated.
Radius Server IP
Address
Provide the IP address of the external Radius server. Ensure this
address is a valid IP address and not a DNS name.
Radius Server Port Enter the TCP/IP port number for the Radius Server. The port range
available for assignment is from 1 - 65535.
Number of retries to
communicate with
Radius Server
Enter the maximum number of times the switch can retransmit a
Radius Server frame before it times out of the authentication
session. The available range is between 0 - 100.