User guide

Chapter 7: Remote Authentication
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Configuring TACACS+
You can use the Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System
Plus (TACACS+) to authenticate SX users instead of using local
authentication. To configure TACACS+:
1. Choose Setup > Remote Authentication. The Remote
Authentication page opens, displaying a TACACS+ panel.
2. In the TACACS+ panel, click the TACACS+ button to enable
TACACS+ authentication.
3. Under Primary TACACS+, type the IP address of the TACACS+
server and the port on which it is listening (default is 49) in the IP
Address and Port fields.
4. Type the root password to access the directory server/manager in
the Secret field. The name for this field depends on the Directory
Server. For example, Microsoft Windows Active Directory
®
refers to
the field as Password, while the SUN iPlanet directory server refers
to it as Secret.
5. If you have a backup TACACS+ server, enter the same information
in the Secondary TACACS+ fields.
6. Click OK. TACACS+ authentication is enabled.