HP Cisco Nexus 5000 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide - Release 4. - Page 828

Configuring RADIUS Chapter 34 Configuring RADIUS and TACACS+ Send documentation comments to [email protected] Configuring RADIUS Server Monitoring Parameters You can configure parameters for monitoring RADIUS servers. You can configure this option to test the server periodically, or you can run a one-time only test. This section includes the following topics: • Configuring the Test Idle Timer, page 34-12 • Configuring Test User Name, page 34-12 • Configuring the Dead Timer, page 34-13 Configuring the Test Idle Timer The test idle timer specifies the interval during which a RADIUS server receives no requests before the MDS switch sends out a test packet. Note The default idle timer value is 0 minutes. When the idle time interval is 0 minutes, periodic RADIUS server monitoring is not performed. To configure the idle timer, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Command switch# config t switch(config)# radius-server host 10.1.1.1 test idle-time 20 Step 3 switch(config)# no radius-server host 10.1.1.1 test idle-time 20 Purpose Enters configuration mode. Configures the test idle time interval value in minutes. The valid range is 1 to 1440 minutes. Reverts to the default value (0 minutes). Configuring Test User Name You can configure a username and password for periodic RADIUS server status testing. You do not need to configure the test username and password to issue test messages to monitor RADIUS servers. You can use the default test username (test) and default password (test). Note We recommend that the test username not be the same as an existing username in the RADIUS database for security reasons. To configure the optional username and password for periodic RADIUS server status testing, follow these steps: Step 1 Command switch# config t Purpose Enters configuration mode. 34-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x