Nortel Networks 4050 Benutzerhandbuch

234 Chapter 6 Configuring authentication

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The Nortel SNAS 4050 controls authentication of clients when they log on to the 
network.

The Nortel SNA solution supports the following authentication methods in Nortel 
Secure Network Access Switch Software Release 1.0:

•

external database

— Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS)

— Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

•

local database on the Nortel SNAS 4050

You can configure more than one authentication method within a Nortel 
SNAS 4050 domain. You determine the order in which the methods are applied by 
default. Client credentials are checked against the various authentication 
databases until the first match is found.

You can configure the methods so that their names display on the portal login page 
(see 

 or 

). You can 

then direct clients to select a specific authentication server (for example, for 
direction to a specific Windows domain). If the client selects a Login Service 
name, the authentication request is directed immediately to the specified service. 
Otherwise, authentication defaults to being carried out according to the 
authentication order you have configured (see 

 or 

).

For general information about authentication within the Nortel SNA solution, see 
Nortel Secure Network Access Solution Guide (320817-A).

Note: If you ran the quick setup wizard during initial setup, the Local 
database authentication method has been created as Authentication 1.