Defining Authentication Profiles - Dell PowerConnect 3424 User Manual

Defining Authentication Profiles

The Authentication Profiles page contains fields for selecting the user authentication method on
the device. User authentication occurs:
• Locally
• Via an external server
User authentication can also be set to None.
User authentication occurs in the order the methods are selected. For example, if both the Local
and RADIUS options are selected, the user is authenticated first locally. If the local user database is
empty, the user is then authenticated via the RADIUS server. If the authentication fails using the
first method, the authentication process ends.
If an error occurs during the authentication, the next selected method is used. To open the
Authentication Profiles page, click System→ Management Security→ Authentication Profiles in
the tree view.
Figure 6-42. Authentication Profiles
The Authentication Profiles page contains the following fields:
Authentication Profile Name — User-defined authentication profile lists to which user-defined
authentication profiles are added. The defaults are Network Default and Console Default.
– Login — Specifies the user-defined authentication profile list for login passwords.
– Enable — Specifies the user-defined authentication profile list for enable passwords.
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