Operation Manual – AAAH3C S3100 Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 2 AAA Configuration2-17Operation Command RemarksSet a shared key forRADIUS accountingmessageskey accounting stringRequiredBy default, no shared keyis created.Caution:The authentication/authorization shared key and the accounting shared key you set onthe switch must be respectively consistent with the shared key on theauthentication/authorization server and the shared key on the accounting server.2.2.5 Configuring the Maximum Number of RADIUS RequestTransmission AttemptsThe communication in RADIUS is unreliable because this protocol uses UDP packetsto carry its data. Therefore, it is necessary for the switch to retransmit a RADIUSrequest if it gets no response from the RADIUS server after the response timeout timerexpires. If the switch gets no answer after it has tried the maximum number of times totransmit the request, the switch considers that the request fails.Table 2-15 Configure the maximum transmission attempts of a RADIUS requestOperation Command RemarksEnter system view system-view —Create a RADIUS schemeand enter its viewradius schemeradius-scheme-nameRequiredBy default, a RADIUSscheme named "system" hasalready been created in thesystem.Set the maximum numberof RADIUS requesttransmission attemptsretry retry-timesOptionalBy default, the system can trythree times to transmit aRADIUS request.
