You can select the Authentication option on the OSD Configuration Menu to configure an authentication type (AuthType) for logins to the KVM/net and to configure authentication servers for any type of logins: to the KVM/net or to KVM ports. See Authentication for details about authentication on the KVM/net.The following tables show the screens that appear when the “Authentication” option is selected from the Configure menu in the OSD. The first table shows the screen for choosing a KVM/net login authentication method.
Choose either “Unit authentication” to select an Authentication method for KVM/net logins, or choose one of the Authentication methods listed on this screen to configure an authentication server: Kerberos, Ldap, Radius, TacacsPlus, Smb(NTLM), or Nis. Authentication method options for KVM/net logins. Default = “Local.” Other authorization type options are: Kerberos, Kerberos/Local, KerberosDownLocal, LDAP, LDAP/Local, LDAPDownLocal, Local/Radius, Local/Tacplus, Local/NIS, NIS, NIS/Local, NIS/Downlocal, Radius, Radius/Local, RadiusDownLocal, TacacsPlus, Tacplus/Local, TacplusDownLocal, NTLM(Win NT/2k/2k3), and NTLMDownLocalThe following table shows the common screens that appear when Kerberos or LDAP are selected to configure an authentication server.
The following table shows the configuration screens for the Radius and TACACS+ authentication servers.
Choose Radius or TacacsPlus to configure a Radius or TACACS+ authentication server. IP addresses of one or two authentication servers. The second server is optional. Timeout in seconds. The default is 3 seconds for Radius and 10 seconds for TacacsPlus. Number of retries. The default is 5 for Radius and 2 for TacacsPlus.The following table shows the Screens for configuring a Smb (NTLM) authentication server.
Choose Smb(NTLM) to configure an SMB (NTLM) authentication server. IP addresses for one or two SMB (NTLM) authentication servers. The second server IP is optional.