Dell X1000 Series User Manual

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2 Click Edit , Add to add a new authentication profile, and enter the fields:
–
Authentication Profile Name (1-12 Characters) — Enter the name of
the new authentication profile. Profile names cannot include blank
spaces.
–
Optional Methods — Select a user authentication methods that can
be assigned to this authentication profile. The possible options are:
•
Line — The line password is used for user authentication
(defined in Line Password for CLI).
•
Enable — The enable (encrypted) password is used for
authentication (defined in Enable Password for CLI).
•
Local — The user authentication is performed by the device,
which checks the user name and password for authentication.
•
RADIUS — The user authentication is performed by the
RADIUS server. For more information, see RADIUS.
•
TACACS+ — The user authentication is performed by the
TACACS+ server. For more information, see TACACS+.
•
None — No user authentication occurs.
Select a method by highlighting it in the
Optional Methods list, and
clicking on the right arrow to move it to the
Selected Methods list.
Select Authentication
After authentication profiles are defined, they can be assigned to
management access methods, for example, console users can be
authenticated by Console, while Telnet users can be authenticated by
Network Default.
To assign an authentication profile to a management access method:
1
Click Switch Management > Management Security > Select
Authentication
.
2 For the Console , Telnet and Secure Telnet (SSH) types of users, select
either the default authentication profile or one of the previously-defined
authentication profiles.

Dell X1000 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Dell
Model	X1000 Series
Category	Switch
Language	English