Brocade Mobility Access Point System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 5.5.0.0 and later) - Manual (Page 632)

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FIGURE 4 Management Policy - Authentication screen
4. Set the following to authenticate access requests to the access point managed network:
5. Use the drop-down menu to specify to select the AAA Policy to use with an external RADIUS
resource.
An Brocade Mobility 6511 Access Point (or a model that’s not using its local RADIUS
resource) will need to interoperate with a RADIUS and LDAP Server (AAA Servers) to
provide user database information and user authentication data.
If there is no AAA policy suiting your RADIUS authentication requirements, either select the
Create icon to define a new AAA policy or select an existing policy from the drop-down
menu and select the Edit icon to update its configuration. For more information on
defining the configuration of a AAA policy, see
AAA Policy on page 7-500 .
6. Set the following AAA TACACS configuration parameters
Local Define whether the access point’s internal RADIUS resource (if supported) is used to
validate authentication requests. The default setting is Enabled. When enabled, network
address information is not required for an external RADIUS resource.
Brocade Mobility 6511 Access Point has no local resource however and must use an
external RAIDUS server.
RADIUS If local is disabled, an external RADIUS resource is used as the authentication service.
External and Fallback are not available if the access point’s local RADIUS resource is
enabled.
Authentication Select to enable TACACS authentication on login.
Accounting Select to enable TACACS Accounting on login.
Fallback Select to enable fallback to use local authentication if TACACS authentication fails.
Authorization Select to enable Authorization on login.