RADIUS – Cisco Storage Security
RADIUS is a distributed client and server system implemented through AAA that secures networks against unauthorized access. In the Cisco implementation, RADIUS clients run on Cisco switches and send authentication requests to a central RADIUS server that contains all user authentication and network service access information. You can add up to 64 RADIUS servers. RADIUS keys are always stored in encrypted form in persistent storage. The running configuration also displays encrypted keys. Example 20-1 shows the steps required to configure RADIUS on MDS Switch. Example 20-1 RADIUS Configuration on MDS Switch ! Entering configuration mode switch# configure terminal ! Configuring the host IP and the preshared key for the selected RADIUS server.In this example, the host is 10.71.58.91 and the key is RadKey. switch(config)# radius-server host 10.71.58.91 key RadKey ! Configuring the destination UDP port number to which the RADIUS authenticationmessages should be sent. In this example, the host is…