Cabletron Systems Cabletron CyberSWITCH CSX5500 User Manual

Also see for CyberSWITCH 5500: Quick start Manual

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USER’S GUIDE210 CyberSWITCHFor Device Level Security:• Specify Device Level Security (from Main Menu, Security, Security Level)• Select RADIUS from Off-Node Device Database Location (Main Menu, Security, DeviceLevel Databases)For User Level Security:• Select User Level Security (from Main Menu, Security, Security Level)• Enable RADIUS Authentication Server (from Main Menu, Security, User Level Databases)If you are using an RFC2138 RADIUS Server, you must reflect this correctly under MainMenu, Security, Off-node Server Information, Misc Off-node Server Options.U SING CFGEDIT1. Select option (2), RADIUS from the Off-node Server Information menu. If you need guidanceto find this menu, refer to the instructions provided in the CSM Authentication Serverconfiguration section. The following screen will be displayed:2. Select (1) Primary Server to enter the following information:a. IP address of the Authentication Serverb. shared secret between the CyberSWITCH and Authentication Serverc. UDP port number used by the Authentication Server3. Optional: configure a secondary RADIUS Server with selection (2). In the event that theprimary server does not respond to system requests, the secondary server will be queried fordevice authentication information. The address of the Secondary RADIUS Server must not bethe same as the Primary RADIUS Server.4. Select Miscellaneous Information to finish the configuration. Specify the number of access requestretries that the system will send to the Authentication Server, as well as the time betweenretries.RADIUS Authentication Server Menu:Primary ServerIP Address is 128.111.011.001Shared Secret is "SHAREDSECRET1234"UDP Port Number is 5800Secondary Serveris Not ConfiguredAccess Request RetryNumber of Access Retries is 5Time between Retries is 2 secondsRADIUS Server Options:1) Primary (Master) Server2) Secondary (Slave) Server3) Miscellaneous InformationSelect function from above or for previous menu: