Starting HP-UX AAA Servers Using Server Manager

To start AAA servers using Server Manager, complete the following steps:

From the navigation tree, click Administration.
Select the servers you want to start in the Server Status frame.
NOTE: Server commands will only be executed on servers selected in the Server Status frame.
Click Start.

Figure 4-1 shows the return value in Server Manager’s message frame when a server is successfully started.

Figure 4-1 Return Value After Successfully Starting a AAA Server

AAA Server Start Options

Select the Start button’s corresponding Notepad icon to display the Start Options screen shown in Figure 4-2. Table 4-1 describes the start options you can use.

Figure 4-2 Server Manager’s Start Options Screen

Table 4-1 Server Start Options

Option Description

Authentication Specifies the UDP port number to listen to authentication requests. The default Authentication port number is 1812.

Accounting Specifies the UDP port number to listen to accounting requests. The default Accounting port number is 1813.

Dynamic Authorization Specifies the UDP port number to listen for the dynamic authorization requests. The default value is 3799.

Authentication Relay Specifies the UDP port number to relay authentication requests. This option is useful when proxying requests to a AAA server that is not listening on the default port.

Accounting Relay Specifies the UDP port number to relay accounting requests. This option is useful when proxying requests to a AAA server that is not listening on the default port.

Client Specifies the local UDP port number to which the Client AATV binds to listen for the incoming client requests. This field is optional. If no value is entered, the HP-UX AAA Server uses any available port.

Debug Level Specifies the debug level. Higher levels write more information to the radius.debug file. Increasing this value can cause performance to decline. The default value is 0.

Reset Logfile Empties the logfile and debug file when the server is started.

Reset Session Table

Empties stored session table at server startup.




	IMPORTANT: This option is only intended for experimental use or testing and not for a live production server. If you reset a production server, the server loses track of the sessions that are still active.




	IMPORTANT: Modified start options will not take effect until the server is stopped (by selecting the stop button) and then restarted.




	NOTE: All options specified when the server is started are written to the server’s logfile.

Server Manager’s Reload Feature

The Reload button signals the HP-UX AAA Server to reload specific configuration information while the server is running. The result of the command will be displayed in the Message frame. The HP-UX AAA server will reload the following files and the client policy files after you select Reload:

users
clients
authfile
aaa.config
engine.config (all values except the certificate properties, which require you to stop and restart the server to be refreshed)
las.conf
EAP.authfile
aaa.config.license
sqlaccess.config
request-ingress.grp
reply-egress.grp
proxy-egress.grp
proxy-ingress.grp
client-request-init.grp
client-request-egress.grp
client-reply-ingress.grp

In order for other configuration changes to take effect, you must stop and restart the server.




	IMPORTANT: Save the configuration before reloading the configuration information.

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