An administrative user can select the Authentication option on the OSD Configuration Menu to configure an authentication method (AuthType) for logins to the OnSite and to configure authentication servers for any type of logins: to the OnSite, to KVM ports, or to serial ports. See OnSite Authentication Options for details about authentication on the OnSite.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 an OnSite login authentication method.
Choose either “Unit authentication” to select an Authentication method for OnSite 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 OnSite logins. Default = “Local.” Other authorization type options are: Local/Radius, Local/Tacplus, Local/Nis, Nis, Nis/Local, Nis/Downlocal, Radius, Radium/Local, RadiusDownLocal, TacacsPlus, Tacplus/Local, TacplusDownLocal, NTLM(Win NT/2k/2k3), NTLMDownLocalThe following table shows the common screens that appear when Kerberos or Ldap are selected to configure an authentication server.
Common Configuration Screens for Kerberos and LDAP Authentication Server [OSD] (Sheet 1 of 2) The following table shows the unique screens for configuring an LDAP server, which appear in addition to the screens shown in Common Configuration Screens for Kerberos and LDAP Authentication Server [OSD] (Sheet 1 of 2).
The following table shows the configuration screens for the Radius and TACACS+ authentication servers.
Configuration Screens for the Radius or TACACS+ Authentication Servers [OSD] (Sheet 1 of 2) 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. Appears only when Radius is selected. Timeout in seconds. Default = 3. Appears only when Radius is selected. Number of retries. Default = 5.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.
See Configuring Authentication [OSD] for more information.