Server User Manual
Table Of Contents
- SDS/SCS/STS/MDC User’s Guide
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Hardware and Connectivity
- Configuration Methods
- Getting Started
- Using DeviceManager and WebManager
- Network Settings
- Configuring Serial Ports
- Introduction
- Serial Ports
- Serial Port Profiles
- Common Tabs
- Console Management Profile
- TruePort Profile
- TCP Sockets Profile
- UDP Sockets Profile
- Terminal Profile
- User Service Settings
- Printer Profile
- Serial Tunneling Profile
- Virtual Modem Profile
- Control Signal I/O Profile
- Modbus Gateway Profile
- Power Management Profile
- Remote Access (PPP) Profile
- Remote Access (SLIP) Profile
- Custom Application Profile
- Port Buffering
- Advanced
- Configuring Users
- Configuring Security
- Configuring I/O Interfaces
- Configuring Clustering
- Configuring the Option Card
- Configuring the System
- Controlling the RPS, I/O Channels, and IPsec Tunnels
- System Administration
- Introduction
- Managing Configuration Files
- Downloading IOLAN Firmware
- Calibrating I/O
- Setting the IOLAN’s Date and Time
- Rebooting the IOLAN
- Resetting the IOLAN to Factory Defaults
- Resetting the SecurID Node Secret
- Language Support
- Downloading Terminal Definitions
- Resetting Configuration Parameters
- Lost Admin Password
- Applications
- RADIUS and TACACS+
- SSL/TLS Ciphers
- Virtual Modem AT Commands
- Pinouts and Cabling Diagrams
- Setting Jumpers
- I/O Wiring Diagrams
- Utilities
- Accessories
- Troubleshooting
- Introduction
- Hardware Troubleshooting
- Communication Issues
- DeviceManager Problems
- Host Problems
- RADIUS Authentication Problems
- Login Problems
- Problems with Terminals
- Unknown IP Address
- DHCP/BOOTP Problems
- Callback Problems
- Language Problems
- Modem Problems
- PPP Problems
- Printing Problems
- Long Reboot Cycle
- SSL/TLS
- I/O Models
- IPv6 Issues
- Contacting Technical Support
- Glossary
- Index

Authentication
220 IOLAN SDS/SCS/STS/MDC User’s Guide, Version 4.0
TACACS+
Overview
TACACS+ is an authentication method that the IOLAN supports that can send back User
information; see
Appendix , TACACS+ on page 354 for more information on the User parameters
that can be sent back by TACACS+.
Field Descriptions
Configure the following parameters:
Authentication/
Authorization
Primary Host
The primary TACACS+ host that is used for authentication.
Default: None
Authentication/
Authorization
Secondary Host
The secondary TACACS+ host that is used for authentication, should the
primary TACACS+ host fail to respond.
Default: None
Authentication/
Authorization Port
The port number that TACACS+ listens to for authentication requests.
Default: 49
Authentication/
Authorization
Secret
The TACACS+ shared secret is used to encrypt/decrypt TACACS+ packets in
communications between two devices. The shared secret may be any
alphanumeric string. Each shared secret must be configured on both client and
server sides.
Enable
Authorization
Enables authorization on the TACACS+ host, meaning that IOLAN-specific
parameters set in the TACACS+ configuration file can be passed to the IOLAN
after authentication.
Default: Disabled
Enable Accounting Enables/disables TACACS+ accounting.
Default: Disabled
Accounting
Primary Host
The primary TACACS+ host that is used for accounting.
Default: None










