D-Link xStack DGS-3426 User Manual - Authentication Server Group
xStack DGS-3400 Series Fast Ethernet Switch
Parameter
Description
Application
Lists the configuration applications on the Switch. The user may configure the
Login Method List and Enable Method List for authentication for users utilizing the
Console (Command Line Interface) application, the Telnet application, SSH and the
Web (HTTP) application.
Login Method List
Using the pull down menu, configure an application for normal login on the user
level, utilizing a previously configured method list. The user may use the default
Method List or other Method List configured by the user. See the Login Method
Lists window, in this section, for more information.
Enable Method List
Using the pull down menu, configure an application for normal login on the user
level, utilizing a previously configured method list. The user may use the default
Method List or other Method List configured by the user. See the Enable Method
Lists window, in this section, for more information
Click Apply to implement changes made.
Authentication Server Group
This window will allow users to set up Authentication Server Groups on the Switch. A server group is a technique used to
group TACACS/XTACACS/TACACS+/RADIUS server hosts into user-defined categories for authentication using
method lists. The user may define the type of server group by protocol or by previously defined server group. The Switch
has three built-in Authentication Server Groups that cannot be removed but can be modified. Up to eight authentication
server hosts may be added to any particular group.
To view the following window, click Security Management > Access Authentication Control > Authentication Server
Group:
Figure 8- 10. Authentication Server Group window
This screen displays the Authentication Server Groups on the Switch. The Switch has four built-in Authentication Server
Groups that cannot be removed but can be modified. To modify a particular group, click its hyperlinked Group Name,
which will then display the following window.
Figure 8- 11. Add a Server Host to Server Group (XTACACS) window.
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To add an Authentication Server Host to the list, enter its IP address in the IP Address field, choose the protocol associated
with the IP address of the Authentication Server Host and click Add to add this Authentication Server Host to the group.