Setting Up a RADIUS Server
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The following example shows the User name HOMER with the correct Return list
Attributes inserted,
The VLANs and QoS profiles must also be created on the 3Com Switch 4500.
Configuring FreeRADIUS
3Com has successfully installed and tested FreeRADIUS running on Solaris 2.6 and
RedHat Linux servers in networks with the Switch 4500 deployed.
Download FreeRADIUS source files from
http://www.freeradius.org
and install
the application following the instructions from the website. The following
instructions assume that you have installed a standard version of FreeRADIUS.
To configure FreeRADIUS as a RADIUS server for networks with the Switch 4500,
follow these steps:
1
Add each Switch 4500 as a RADIUS client to the FreeRADIUS server
a
Locate the existing file
clients.conf
in
/usr/local/etc/raddb
b
Add an entry in
clients.conf
for the Switch 4500 you wish to administer. For
example:
client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx {
secret = a-shared-secret
shortname = a-short-name
}
Where
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
is the IP address of the 3Com Switch 4500.
2
Update the dictionary for Switch login
a
In
/usr/local/etc/raddb
create a new file called
dictionary.3Com
containing the following information:
VENDOR 3Com 43
ATTRIBUTE 3Com-User-Access-Level 1 Integer 3Com
VALUE 3Com-User-Access-Level Monitor 1
VALUE 3Com-User-Access-Level Manager 2
VALUE 3Com-User-Access-Level Administrator 3
Summary of Contents for 400 Family
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Page 16: ...14 ABOUT THIS GUIDE ...
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Page 68: ...66 CHAPTER 3 VLAN OPERATION ...
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Page 124: ...122 CHAPTER 6 IP ROUTING PROTOCOL OPERATION ...
Page 156: ...154 CHAPTER 8 ACL CONFIGURATION ...
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