Table Of Contents
Maintenance Icon Tasks
Configuring Basic System Information
Viewing System Information
Naming Your InfiniBand Switch
Defining Device Location
Defining Technical Support Resource
Configuring Date and Time Properties
Configuring Date and Time
Assigning NTP Servers
Viewing Files in the File System
Deleting Files in the File System
Installing Software Images
Importing Configuration Files and Image Files with FTP
Exporting Configuration Files and Log Files with FTP
Customizing the Boot Configuration
Backiung Up the Running Configuration File
Saving Configuration File
Rebooting the Device
Configuring Basic Services
Assigning a DNS Server
Enabling or Disabling the FTP Access
Enabling or Disabling the Telnet Access
Assigning a SYSLOG Server
Assigning an Authentication Method
Configuring HTTP and HTTPS
Viewing RADIUS Servers
Viewing and Configuring RADIUS Server Properties
Adding RADIUS Servers
Deleting RADIUS Servers
Viewing Authentication Failures
Viewing Diagnostic Test Results
Viewing POST Test Results
Viewing FRU Errors
Maintenance Icon Tasks
This chapter describes the Chassis Manager maintenance icon tasks and contains these sections:
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Configuring Basic System Information
•Configuring Date and Time Properties
•Viewing Files in the File System
•Installing Software Images
•Importing Configuration Files and Image Files with FTP
•Exporting Configuration Files and Log Files with FTP
•Customizing the Boot Configuration
•Backiung Up the Running Configuration File
•Saving Configuration File
•Rebooting the Device
•Configuring Basic Services
•Viewing RADIUS Servers
•Viewing Authentication Failures
•Viewing Diagnostic Test Results
Configuring Basic System Information
Basic system information includes the name of your device, the location of your device, and support resources.
Viewing System Information
To view basic system information, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the System Information branch. The System Information display appears in the View frame. Table 4-1 lists and describes the fields in this table.
Table 4-1 System Information Elements
Element
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Description
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Description field
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Description of the chassis and the image that runs on the chassis.
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System Uptime field
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Amount of time that the chassis has run since the last boot.
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Last Change Made At field
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Date and time that a user last changed the running configuration.
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Last Config Saved At field
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Date and time that a user last saved the running configuration as the startup configuration.
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System Name field
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Configurable name for your Server Switch.
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Location field
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Configurable location of your Server Switch.
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Support Contact field
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Configurable support information for your Server Switch.
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Apply button
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Applies changes that you make in configurable fields to your Server Switch.
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Refresh button
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Refreshes the System Information display.
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Rack Locator UID field (select chassis only)
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Unique rack-locator ID.
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System Operation Mode field
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Provides a Normal radio button for non-VFrame environment and a VFrameManaged radio button for VFrame environments.
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Naming Your InfiniBand Switch
To assign a hostname to your device, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the System Information branch. The System Information display appears in the View frame.
Step 3 In the System Name field, type the name that you want to assign to the device, and then click the Apply button.
Defining Device Location
To add a physical device location description to your switch, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the System Information branch. The System Information display appears in the View frame.
Step 3 In the Location field, type the name location of your device, and then click the Apply button.
Defining Technical Support Resource
The technical support email address that you define appears in the System frame when you refresh or restart Chassis Manager. To define a technical support resource, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the System Information branch. The System Information display appears in the View frame.
Step 3 In the Support Contact field, type the email address of your technical support provider, and then click the Apply button.
Configuring Date and Time Properties
An internal clock runs on your device, but we recommend that you configure your device to access a network time protocol (NTP) server to synchronize your device with your network.
Configuring Date and Time
To configure the date and time of the internal clock on your device, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the Time branch. The Date and Time Properties display appears in the View frame.
Step 3 In the Date field, enter the date in the MM/DD/YY format.
Step 4 In the Time field, enter the time in HH:MM:SS format, and then click the Apply button.
Assigning NTP Servers
To configure your device to use an NTP server to synchronize your Server Switch with the network, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the Time branch. The Date and Time Properties display appears in the View frame.
Step 3 In the NTP Server 1 field, enter the IP address of the NTP server that you want your switch to use.
Step 4 (Optional) In the NTP Server 2 field, enter the IP address of the NTP server that you want your switch to use in the event that your switch cannot access the primary NTP server.
Step 5 (Optional) In the NTP Server 3 field, enter the IP address of the NTP server that you want your switch to use in the event that your switch cannot access the primary or secondary NTP servers.
Note When your device cannot access a NTP server, it defaults to the onboard clock.
Viewing Files in the File System
To view files, such as image files, log files, and configuration files, that reside on your device, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the File Management branch. The File Management table appears in the View frame. Table 4-2 lists and describes the fields in this table.
Table 4-2 File Management Table Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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Slot ID
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Slot of the controller card on which the file resides.
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Name
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Name of the file.
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Type
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Type of file. The following types may appear:
config
log
image
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Size
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Size of the file, in bytes.
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Date
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Most recent date and time that your device or a user updated the file.
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Step 3 (Optional) Click the Refresh button to poll your switch and update your display to reflect the most current inventory of your file system.
Deleting Files in the File System
To delete files from your file system, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the File Management branch. The File Management table appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the file that you want to delete, and then click the Delete button.
Installing Software Images
To install an image file, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the File Management branch. The File Management table appears in the View frame.
Note If you have not already imported the image file to your file system, refer to "Importing Configuration Files and Image Files with FTP" section.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the image file that you want to install, and then click the Install button. A dialog box appears to verify that you want to proceed.
Note Before you install an image, verify that you have brought up all of the cards on the chassis that you want to run the new image. Cards that run a different image from the chassis cannot pass traffic.
Note Alert other users that you plan to install a new image to your Server Switch.
Step 4 Click OK to install the image. A status bar appears to display the status of the installation.
Importing Configuration Files and Image Files with FTP
To import files to your Server Switch from remote devices, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the File Management branch. The File Management table appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the Import button. The Import File window opens.
Step 4 Select a file type (Image or Configuration) from the File Type pulldown menu.
Step 5 Select FTP or SCP from the Remote Server Type field.
Step 6 Enter the IP address of the server that holds the file that you want to import in the Remote IP Address field.
Step 7 Enter the user ID that logs you in to the server in the Remote User Name field.
Step 8 Enter the password logs you in to the server in the Remote Password field.
Step 9 Enter the directory path and name of the file on the server in the Remote File Path and Name field.
Step 10 Enter the name that the file will take on your chassis in the File Name on System field.
Step 11 Click the Import button. A status bar appears to display the progress of the file transfer.
Exporting Configuration Files and Log Files with FTP
To export files from your Server Switch to remote devices, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the File Management branch. The File Management table appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button of the file that you want to export.
Step 4 Click the Export button. The Export File window opens and the name of the file that you chose to export appears in the File Name on System field.
Step 5 Select FTP or SCP from the Remote Server Type field.
Step 6 Enter the IP address of the server to which you want to export the file in the Remote IP Address field.
Step 7 Enter the user ID that logs you in to the server, in the Remote User Name field.
Step 8 Enter the password that logs you in to the server, in the Remote Password field.
Step 9 Enter the directory path and file name for the file on the server, in the Remote File Path and Name field.
Step 10 Click the Export button. A status bar appears to display the progress of the file transfer.
Customizing the Boot Configuration
Customize the boot configuration to do the following:
•View the image that the switch will boot during the next reboot.
•Delete the startup configuration.
•Overwrite the startup configuration with another configuration file in your file system.
To customize the boot configuration, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the Boot Configuration branch. The Boot Configuration display appears in the View frame.
Step 3 (Optional) From the Image Source For Next Reboot pulldown menu, select the image that you want the Server Switch to boot when it reboots.
Step 4 (Optional) Click the Overwrite startup configuration with radio button, and then select a configuration from the pulldown menu to replace the current startup configuration with another configuration file.
Note To overwrite your startup configuration with your running configuration, refer to the "Backiung Up the Running Configuration File" section.
Step 5 (Optional) Click the Delete startup configuration radio button to configure your Server Switch to use the factory default startup configuration.
Step 6 Click the Apply button.
Backiung Up the Running Configuration File
To save your running configuration file, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the Backup Configuration branch. The Backup Configuration display appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Enter a filename in the Save Configuration As field. Chassis Manager will save your running configuration in the config directory with the name that you specify.
Note Enter startup-config in this field if you want to save the running configuration as the startup configuration.
Step 4 Click the Save button. Optionally, click the File Management branch to verify that your file appears in the file system.
Saving Configuration File
To back up your running configuration as your startup configuration (and to the standby controller on your chassis in dual-controller chassis), perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the Save Config branch. The Save Config display appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the Save Config button.
Rebooting the Device
When you reboot your device, Element Manager gives you the option to reboot without saving your configuration or to save your configuration, and then reboot. If you choose to reboot but not save, any differences between your running configuration file and startup configuration file do not persist after the reboot.
To reboot your Server Switch with Chassis Manager, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the Reboot branch. The Reboot display appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the Reboot button.
Configuring Basic Services
Configure basic services to facilitate remote access to your device.
Assigning a DNS Server
To assign a DNS server to your device, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Expand the Services sub-icon in the Tree frame.
Step 3 Click the General branch. The System Services display appears in the View frame.
Step 4 In the Server 1 field, enter the IP address of the primary DNS server that you want to use.
Step 5 (Optional) In the Server 2 field, enter the IP address of the DNS server that you want to use if your device cannot access the primary DNS server.
Step 6 In the Domain field, enter the domain to which you want your switch to belong, and then click the Apply button.
Enabling or Disabling the FTP Access
To enable FTP transfers to and from your device, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Expand the Services sub-icon in the Tree frame.
Step 3 Click the General branch. The System Services display appears in the View frame.
Step 4 In the FTP Server field, check (enable) or uncheck (disable) the Enable checkbox, and then click the Apply button.
Enabling or Disabling the Telnet Access
To enable telnet access to your device, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Expand the Services sub-icon in the Tree frame.
Step 3 Click the General branch. The System Services display appears in the View frame.
Step 4 In the Telnet Server field, check (enable) or uncheck (disable) the Enable checkbox, and then click the Apply button.
Assigning a SYSLOG Server
Note This task assumes that you have already configured the host and connected it to the IB fabric.
To assign a SYSLOG server to store logs from your device, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Expand the Services sub-icon in the Tree frame.
Step 3 Click the General branch. The System Services display appears in the View frame.
Step 4 In the Remote Syslog Server field, enter the IP address of the remote server to accept messages from your device, and then click the Apply button.
Assigning an Authentication Method
To assign an authentication method to your device, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Expand the Services sub-icon in the Tree frame.
Step 3 Click the General branch. The System Services display appears in the View frame.
Step 4 In the Authentication Method field (under the Radius heading), click a radio button to select a method, and then click the Apply button. Table 4-3 lists and describes the radio buttons that you can choose.
Table 4-3 Authentication Methods
Button
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Description
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local
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Authenticates user logins with the local CLI user database only.
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localThenRadius
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Authenticates user logins with the local CLI user database; upon failure, authenticates with the RADIUS server.
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radiusThenLocal
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Authenticates user logins with the RADIUS server; upon failure, authenticates with the local CLI user database.
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Configuring HTTP and HTTPS
To configure HTTP and HTTPS services, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Expand the Services sub-icon in the Tree frame.
Step 3 Click the HTTP branch. The System HTTP display appears in the View frame.
Step 4 (Optional) Check or uncheck the Enable checkbox in the Polling to enable or disable automatic polling.
Step 5 (Optional) Click the radio button in the Secure Cert Common Name field of the identifier that you want to use for security certification.
Step 6 Click the Apply button.
Viewing RADIUS Servers
To view the RADIUS servers that you have configured your device to use to authenticate CLI and Chassis Manager logins, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Expand the Services sub-icon in the Tree frame.
Step 3 Click the Radius Servers branch. The Radius Servers display appears in the View frame. Table 4-4 lists and describes the fields in the Radius Servers table.
Table 4-4 Radius Servers Table Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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Address
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Displays the IP address of the RADIUS server.
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UDP Port
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UDP authentication port of the RADIUS server.
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Encryption Key
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Authentication key that the client and RADIUS server use.
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Timeout
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Amount of time, in seconds, in which the server must authenticate a login before the login fails.
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Max Retries
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Number of sequential logins that a user may perform before the server denies access to the username altogether.
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Viewing and Configuring RADIUS Server Properties
To view and update the RADIUS servers that you have configured your device to use to authenticate CLI logins, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Expand the Services sub-icon in the Tree frame.
Step 3 Click the Radius Servers branch. The Radius Servers table appears in the View frame.
Step 4 Click the radio button to the left of the server whose properties you want to view or configure, and then click the Properties button. The Radius Server Properties window opens. Table 4-5 lists and describes the elements in the Radius Server Properties window.
Table 4-5 Radius Server Properties Window Elements
Element
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Description
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Address field
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Displays the IP address of the RADIUS server.
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UDP Port field
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UDP authentication port of the RADIUS server.
Edit this value and click the Apply button to configure the UDP port of the RADIUS server. The numbers to the right of the field indicate the range of integer values that this field supports.
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Encryption Key field
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Authentication key that the client and RADIUS server use.
Enter a value and click the Apply button to configure the encryption key of the RADIUS server. The numbers to the right of the field indicate the range of integer values that this field supports.
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Timeout field
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Amount of time, in seconds, in which the server must authenticate a login before the login fails.
Edit this value and click the Apply button to configure the timeout value of the RADIUS server. The numbers to the right of the field indicate the range of integer values that this field supports.
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Max Retries field
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Number of sequential logins that a user may perform before the server denies access to the username altogether.
Edit this value and click the Apply button to configure the maximum number of retries that the RADIUS server permits. The numbers to the right of the field indicate the range of integer values that this field supports.
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Access Requests field
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Number of authentication requests that the server has received from your device since your device booted.
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Access Accepts field
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Number of logins to your device that the server authenticated since your device booted.
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Access Rejects field
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Number of logins to your device that the server denied since your device booted.
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Server Timeout field
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Number of authentications that timed out on the server since your device booted.
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Apply button
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Applies the changes that you make in the Radius Server Properties window.
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Reset button
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Resets the fields in the window to match the server configuration.
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Close button
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Closes the Radius Server Properties window. If you close the window before you apply changes, Chassis Manager makes no changes to the configuration.
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Help button
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Opens online help.
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Adding RADIUS Servers
To configure a new RADIUS server on your device, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Expand the Services sub-icon in the Tree frame.
Step 3 Click the Radius Servers branch. The Radius Servers table appears in the View frame.
Step 4 Click the Add button. The Add Radius Server window opens.
Note Click the Close button at any time to abort this process with no changes to your device. Configurations apply only after you click the Apply button.
Step 5 In the Address field, enter the IP address of the server.
Step 6 (Optional) Edit the UDP Port field. The numbers to the right of the field indicate the range of integer values that this field supports.
Step 7 (Optional) Enter an encryption key in the Encryption Key field.
Step 8 (Optional) Edit the Timeout field. The numbers to the right of the field indicate the range of integer values that this field supports.
Step 9 (Optional) Edit the Max Retries field. The numbers to the right of the field indicate the range of integer values that this field supports.
Step 10 Click the Apply button.
Deleting RADIUS Servers
To remove a RADIUS server from your configuration, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Expand the Services sub-icon in the Tree frame.
Step 3 Click the Radius Servers branch. The Radius Servers table appears in the View frame.
Step 4 Click the radio button to the left of the server that you want to delete.
Note Chassis Manager will not prompt you to be sure that you want to delete this server.
Step 5 Click the Delete button.
Viewing Authentication Failures
To view a log of authentication failures for your Server Switch, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Expand the Services sub-icon in the Tree frame.
Step 3 Click the Authentication Failures branch. The Authentication Failures display appears in the View frame. Table 4-6 lists and describes the fields in this display.
Table 4-6 Authentication Failures Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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CLI Access Violation Count
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Cumulative number of failed CLI logins since the Server Switch booted.
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CLI Last Violation Time
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Time of the most recent failed CLI login.
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SNMP Access Violation Count
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Cumulative number of failed SNMP logins since the Server Switch booted.
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SNMP Last Violation Time
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Time of the most recent failed SNMP login.
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HTTP Access Violation Count
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Cumulative number of failed HTTP logins since the Server Switch booted.
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HTTP Last Violation Time
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Time of the most recent failed HTTP login.
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Viewing Diagnostic Test Results
Available test results vary by hardware platform.
Viewing POST Test Results
To view POST test results, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Expand the Diagnostics sub-icon in the Tree frame.
Step 3 Click the POST branch. The POST Status table appears in the View frame. Table 4-7 lists and describes the fields in the table.
Table 4-7 POST Status Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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Card
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Card on which the POST test ran.
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Post Status
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Status of the test.
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Error Code
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Applicable error codes that resulted from the test.
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Viewing FRU Errors
To view FRU test results, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Expand the Diagnostics sub-icon in the Tree frame.
Step 3 Click the Fru Error branch. The Fru Error display appears in the View frame. The display lists each FRU and any error messages that apply to the FRU.
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