authentication

The authentication configuration element is used for configuring an authentication profile, which applies to your configured authentication type.

Parameters

source-port
Enter the port number on the SBC to send messages to the RADIUS server.
  • Default: 1812
  • Values: 1645 | 1812 | 3799
type
Enter the type of user authentication
  • Default: local
  • Values: local | radius| tacacs
protocol
Select the protocol type to use with your RADIUS server(s)
  • Default: pap
  • Values: pap | chap | mschapv2 | ascii | IKEv2-IPsec
tacacs-authentication-only
When enabled, restricts remote login to TACACS+ when available.
  • Default: disabled
  • Values: enabled | disabled
tacacs-authorization
Enable or disable command-based authorization of admin users for TACACS.
  • Default: enabled
  • Values: enabled | disabled
tacacs-authorization-arg-mode
Enable or disable sending commands and arguments separately to the TACACS server. Values include:
  • Default: disabled, which sends command and arguments together to TACACS+ server.
  • enabled—Sends command and arguments separately to TACACS+ server, with the exception of the show command.
  • enabled-for-show—Sends command and arguments separately to TACACS+ server including the show command.
tacacs-accounting
Enable or disable accounting of admin ACLI operations.
  • Default: enabled
  • Values: enabled | disabled
server-assigned-privilege
Enables a proprietary TACACS+ variant that, after successful user authentication, adds an additional TACACS+ request/reply exchange.
  • Default: enabled
  • Values: enabled | disabled
allow-local-authorization
Enable this parameter if you want the SBC to authorize users to enter Super (administrative) mode locally even when your RADIUS server does not return the ACME_USER_CLASS VSA or the Cisco-AVPair VSA.
  • Default: disabled
  • Values: enabled | disabled

Note:

When enabled, the SBC ignores RADIUS or TACACS restrictions and allows all users to locally enable Superuser (administrative) mode.
login-as-admin
Enable this parameter if you want users to be logged automatically in Superuser (administrative) mode.
  • Default: disabled
  • Values: enabled | disabled
management-strategy
Enter the management strategy used to distribute authentication requests.
  • Default: hunt
  • Values: round-robin | hunt
ike-radius-params-name
Enter the auth-params instance to be assigned to this element.
  • Default: None
  • Values: Name of an existing auth-params configuration element
management-servers
Enter a list of servers used for management requests.
radius-servers
Enter the radius-servers subelement.
tacacs-servers
Enter the tacacs-servers subelement.
two-factor-authentication
Enter the two-factor-authentication subelement.

Note:

This element is only visible if you have the Admin Security entitlement installed.
multi-factor-functionality-enhancement
Enter the multi-factor-functionality-enhancement subelement.

Note:

This element is only visible if you have the Admin Security and Data Integrity entitlements installed.

Path

The authentication element is under the security path.

ADMINSEC# conf term
ADMINSEC(configure)# security 
ADMINSEC(security)# authentication
ADMINSEC(authentication)#