Authentication Servers/Accounting Servers

The Authentication Servers and Accounting Servers sections enable viewing the status and parameters of defined Authentication/Accounting servers, adding a new server (up to a maximum of two of each type in Ethernet CS Switching Mode, and one of each type in IP CS Switching Mode), or deleting a server from the database of the device. The parameters of an existing server cannot be updated: to modify the parameters of a server, it must first be deleted and then defined again.

The Authentication/Accounting Servers tables include the following options for each entry:

Parameter	Description
Server IP Address	The IP address of the server.
UDP Port	The UDP port number used by the RADIUS server for authentication/accounting transactions. Valid values: 1 to 65535.
Adopt Data Port	Applicable only in IP CS Switching Mode where the IP interface defined for communication with the server may be on a different subnet then the one defined for the Data port for data and management purposes. Double click on the entry to open the drop-down menu. The options are Yes and No. If Yes is selected then relevant interface parameters are not configurable and will be adopted from Data port configuration: Domain VLAN = Data Port Management VLAN ID Domain Interface IP Address = Data Port IP Address Domain Interface Subnet Mask = Data Port Subnet Mask Domain Gateway = Data Port Gateway If No is selected, these parameters must be configured. In this case the IP parameters defined for the interface must be on a subnet that is unique in the device
Domain VLAN	Applicable only in IP CS Switching Mode. Configurable only if Adopt Data Port is set to No. The VLAN ID to be used for communication with the server. Available values for VLAN are 0 to 4094. Enter either null or 4095 for No VLAN ID. 4095 will be displayed for No VLAN ID
Domain Interface IP Address	Applicable only in IP CS Switching Mode. Configurable only if Adopt Data Port is set to No. The interface IP address to be used for communication with the server.
Domain Interface Subnet Mask	Applicable only in IP CS Switching Mode. Configurable only if Adopt Data Port is set to No. The subnet mask to be used with the interface IP address for communication with the server.
Domain Gateway	Applicable only in IP CS Switching Mode. Configurable only if Adopt Data Port is set to No. The default gateway IP address to be used for communication with the server.
Oper Status	The Operational Status of the server: Up or Down (according to the keep alive mechanism).
Status	Applicable only in Ethernet CS Switching Mode. The Activity Status of the server: Active or Standby (indicates whether this is the server currently in use for authentication/accounting purposes).
Is Primary	Applicable only in Ethernet CS Switching Mode. Defines whether this server is Primary or Secondary. Each Authentication/Accounting server can be defined as either Primary (checked) or Secondary (un-checked). Only one Authentication/Accounting server can be defined as Primary.