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Removing a radius server, Active directory service management, Enabling active directory service – Brocade Web Tools Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) User Manual

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Removing a RADIUS server

To remove a RADIUS server, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in

Opening the Switch Administration

window

on page 52.

2. Select the AAA Service tab.
3. Select a RADIUS server from the RADIUS Configuration list.
4. Click Remove.

If there is no RADIUS server configured, the Remove button is disabled. You cannot remove the
only RADIUS server if RADIUS is the primary AAA service.

The RADIUS server is not deleted until you apply the changes from the AAA Services tab.

5. Click Apply in the AAA Services tab.

A confirmation displays, warning you that you are about to remove the selected RADIUS server.

6. Click Yes in the confirmation.

Active Directory service management

Active Directory is the directory server that holds all the user profiles. Active Directory provides user
authentication and authorization using LDAP as authentication protocol. Active Directory provides
better security while using remote authentication mechanism.

You can add, remove, and modify settings of Active Directory Server.

Enabling Active Directory service

For adding a new Active Directory server, you must provide the server IP address, port number, secret
string, timeout value, and LDAP as the authentication protocol. The server IP address may be in either
IPv4 or IPv6 format. Select Active Directory as the server type; the dialog box displays LDAP as the
only authentication protocol.

To enable Active Directory service, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in

Opening the Switch Administration

window

on page 52.

2. Select the AAA Service tab.
3. To enable Active Directory service, select Active Directory from the Primary AAA Service menu.
4. Select None, Switch Database when Active Directory authentication failed, or Switch

Database when Active Directory timeout from the Secondary AAA Service menu.

NOTE
To disable Active Directory service, select Switch Database from the Primary AAA Service
menu and select None from the Secondary AAA Service menu.

5. Click Apply.

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