Nortel Networks 4050 User Manual

Chapter 6 Configuring authentication 243

Nortel Secure Network Access Switch 4050 User Guide

 

You can perform the following configuration tasks:

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The command to create the authentication ID launches a wizard. When prompted, 
enter the following information. You can later modify all settings for the specific 
RADIUS configuration (see 

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authentication type — options are 

radius|ldap|local

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authentication method name (

auth name

) — a string that specifies a name 

for the method. After you have defined a name for the method, you can use 
either the method name or the 

auth ID

 to access the Authentication menu. 

In future releases of the Nortel SNAS 4050 software, you will be able to 
reference this string in a client filter, so that authentication to the server in 
question becomes a condition for access rights for a group.

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IP address of the RADIUS server.

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port on which the RADIUS server is listening — the port number configured 
on the RADIUS server to specify the port used by the service. The default is 
1812.

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shared secret — a unique shared secret configured on the RADIUS server that 
authenticates the Nortel SNAS 4050 to the RADIUS server.

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vendor ID for group — corresponds to the vendor-specific attribute used by 
the RADIUS server to send group names to the Nortel SNAS 4050. The 
default Vendor-Id is 1872 (Alteon).

To use a standard RADIUS attribute rather than the vendor-specific one, set 
the vendor ID to 0 (see also vendor type).