2-17Operation Command RemarksSet a shared key for RADIUSaccounting messages key accounting stringRequiredBy default, no shared key iscreated.The authentication/authorization shared key and the accounting shared key you set on the switch mustbe respectively consistent with the shared key on the authentication/authorization server and theshared key on the accounting server.Configuring the Maximum Number of RADIUS Request Transmission AttemptsThe communication in RADIUS is unreliable because this protocol uses UDP packets to carry its data.Therefore, it is necessary for the switch to retransmit a RADIUS request if it gets no response from theRADIUS server after the response timeout timer expires. If the switch gets no answer after it has triedthe maximum number of times to transmit the request, the switch considers that the request fails.Table 2-16 Configure the maximum transmission attempts of a RADIUS requestOperation Command RemarksEnter system view system-view —Create a RADIUS scheme andenter its viewradius schemeradius-scheme-nameRequiredBy default, a RADIUS schemenamed "system" has already beencreated in the system.Set the maximum number ofRADIUS request transmissionattemptsretry retry-timesOptionalBy default, the system can try threetimes to transmit a RADIUSrequest.Configuring the Type of RADIUS Servers to be SupportedTable 2-17 Configure the type of RADIUS servers to be supportedOperation Command RemarksEnter system view system-view —Create a RADIUS scheme andenter its viewradius schemeradius-scheme-nameRequiredBy default, a RADIUS schemenamed "system" has alreadybeen created in the system.Configure the type of RADIUSservers to be supportedserver-type { extended |standard } Optional
