Avocent Cyclades-PR4000 Home Theater Server User Manual


 
Cyclades-PR4000
Chapter 7 - The E1 and T1 Interfaces, Without Signaling 56
For channelized T1/E1:
PPP and HDLC.
The Encapsulation options are described in chapter 10.
STEP FOUR
The Network Protocol Menu parameters must be set next. A description of these parameters appears in chapter
9. The remaining menus in Figure 7.2 are described in later chapters. Routing Protocols is the subject of chapter
11, and Traffic Control is discussed in chapter 14. The Authentication Menu is only relevant when PPP Encapsulation
is used.
Authentication Menu CONFIG =>INTERFACE =>T1/E1 =>
<CHANNEL>
=>AUTHENTICATION
Parameter Description
Authentication Type
Local
uses the list of users defined in CONFIG =>SECURITY =>USERS =>ADD.
Server
uses either Radius or Tacacs to authenticate the user.
Remote
is when this interface is considered to be the user and the
other
end of the
connection performs the authentication
Username Applies when Authentication Type is Remote. The username the remote device
expects to receive.
Password Applies when Authentication Type is Remote. The password the remote device
expects to receive.
Authentication Server Applies when
Authentication Type
is
Server
. Indicates that either a Radius or Tacacs
server is used for validation. The location and other parameters of the server must be
configured in CONFIG=>SECURITY. See section 4.3 of the CyROS Reference Guide.
Authentication
Protocol
Applies when
Authentication Type
is
Local
or
Server
. Either PAP or CHAP or both can
be used for authentication.