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Configure the rack pdu, Authentication, User’s guide – Dell Metered PDU LED User Manual

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USER’S GUIDE

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Configure the Rack PDU

Authentication

On the

Administration

tab, select

Security

on the top menu bar. Then, under

Remote

Users

on the left navigation menu, select

authentication

to define an authentication

method:

Local Authentication Only

: RADIUS is disabled. Local authentication is enabled.

RADIUS, then Local

Authentication

: Both RADIUS and local authentication are

enabled. Authentication is requested from the RADIUS server first; local
authentication is used only if the RADIUS server fails to respond

.

RADIUS Only

: RADIUS is enabled. Local authentication is disabled.

RADIUS user names used with Rack PDU are limited to 32 characters.

If

RADIUS Only

is selected, and the RADIUS server is unavailable,

improperly identified, or improperly configured, remote access is
unavailable to all users. You must use a serial connection to the command
line interface and change the RADIUS access setting to local or

radiusLocal

to regain access. For example, the command to change the

access setting to local would be:

radius -a local