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Authenticating Users
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attempting to administer the switch. TACACS+ is used to communicate between the switch and an 
authentication database.
NOTE
You cannot use RADIUS and TACACS+ at the same time.
You can configure two TACACS+ servers, specifying the primary server address, secondary server 
address, and UDP port number to be used for TACACS+ sessions.
Table 16 describes the commands that are used to configure TACACS+.
 
Table 16: TACACS+ Commands
Command
Description
config tacacs [primary | secondary] server 
[<ipaddress> | <hostname>] {<udp_port>} client-ip 
<ipaddress> 
Configure the server information for a 
TACACS+ server. Specify the following:
primary | secondary
 — Specifies 
primary or secondary server 
configuration. To remove a server, use 
the address 0.0.0.0.
<ipaddress> | <hostname>
 — 
Specifies the TACACS+ server.
<udp_port>
 — Optionally specifies 
the UDP port to be used.
client-ip
 — Specifies the IP 
address used by the switch to identify 
itself when communicating with the 
TACACS+ server.
config tacacs [primary | secondary] shared-secret 
{encrypted} <string>
Configures the shared secret string used 
to communicate with the TACACS+ server.
config tacacs-accounting [primary | secondary] 
server [<ipaddress> | <hostname>] {<udp_port>} 
client-ip <ipaddress>
Configures the TACACS+ accounting 
server. You can use the same server for 
accounting and authentication.
config tacacs-accounting [primary | secondary] 
shared-secret {encrypted} <string>
Configures the shared secret string used 
to communicate with the TACACS+ 
accounting server.
disable tacacs
Disables TACACS+.
disable tacacs-accounting
Disables TACACS+ accounting.
disable tacacs-authorization 
Disables CLI command authorization.
enable tacacs 
Enables TACACS+. Once enabled, all CLI 
logins are sent to one of the two 
TACACS+ server for login name 
authentication and accounting.
enable tacacs-accounting 
Enables TACACS+ accounting. If 
accounting is use, the TACACS+ client 
must also be enabled.
enable tacacs-authorization 
Enables CLI command authorization. 
When enabled, each command is 
transmitted to the remote TACACS+ 
server for authorization before the 
command is executed.