Workgroup Remote Access Switch 187CONFIGURING O FF - NODE S ERVER I NFORMATIONACE Authentication ServerN UMBER OF A CCESS R EQUEST R ETRIESThe number of Access Request Retries that the system will send to the ACE Server. The initialdefault value is 3. The acceptable range is from 0 to 32,767.TIME BETWEEN A CCESS R EQUEST R ETRIESThe time between Access Request Retries sent from the system. The initial default value is 1 second.The acceptable range is from 1 to 10,000.ENCRYPTION M ETHODThis option should always indicate SDI, and is not currently configurable. If the ACE Server is notalso configured to use SDI encryption, then any authentication attempts via the system will fail.S OURCE IP A DDRESSThe source IP address for the ACE client should be a valid address (in dotted decimal notation) forthe system. This address must match the IP address listed for the system in the ACE Server hostmachine’s /etc/hosts file.ACE A UTHENTICATION SERVER BACKGROUND I NFORMATIONAccess Control Encryption (ACE) is a database supported by the system. ACE operates using twocomponents: client code and server code. The ACE Server software is installed on a UNIX-basedsystem connected to the network. The client protocols allow the CyberSWITCH to communicatewith the ACE Server, ultimately authenticating users.
