Authentication Profile

Procedure

• Create an authentication profile.
  1. Choose Configuration > Security Services > AAA and click the Authentication Profile tab.

  2. Click Create. The Create Authentication Profile page is displayed.

  3. Fill in the profile name.
  4. Click OK. The parameter setting page of the new authentication profile is displayed.
     Table 1 describes the parameters on the page.

     Table 1 Parameters for creating an authentication profile

     Parameter	Description
     Prevent new auth info from overwriting previous one	Whether the newly delivered authentication information overwrites all the original authentication information.
     Security string delimiter	Security character string separator.

  5. Set parameters for authentication profile.
  6. Click Apply. In the dialog box that is displayed, click OK.
• Modify an authentication profile.
  1. Choose Configuration > Security Services > AAA and click the Authentication Profile tab.
  2. Click the name of the authentication profile you want to modify on the Authentication Profile List page to open the authentication profile configuration page.
  3. Set parameters for modifying the authentication profile. Table 1 describes the parameters for modifying an authentication profile.
  4. Click Apply. In the dialog box that is displayed, click OK.
• Delete an authentication profile.
  1. Choose Configuration > Security Services > AAA and click the Authentication Profile tab.
  2. Select the name of the profile you want to delete on the Authentication Profile List page and click Delete. The system asks you whether to delete the record.
     NOTE:

     • To select a record, click the checkbox of the record.
     • To delete records in batches, click the checkboxes of records.

  3. Click OK.
• Display the profile reference relationship.
  1. Choose Configuration > Security Services > AAA and click the Authentication Profile tab.
  2. Select the profile of which you want to display the reference relationship and click Display Reference Relationship. The system displays the types and names of the objects that reference the profile.
     NOTE:

     Click Hide Reference Relationship. The system hides the displayed results.

• Configure a profile referenced in the authentication profile.

  The following profiles can be referenced in the authentication profile: 802.1X profile, Portal profile, MAC access profile, authentication-free rule profile, and domain profile.

  1. Choose Configuration > Security Services > AAA and click the Authentication Profile tab.
  2. Click on the left of Authentication Profile List. The system displays the authentication profile names. Click on the left of an authentication profile name. The profiles referenced by this profile are displayed in the navigation area.
  3. Click any profile referenced by the authentication profile. The configuration page of the referenced profile is displayed on the right. You can select another profile from the drop-down list or click Create to create a profile, and set the profile parameters. For descriptions of the profile parameters, see its configuration page.
  4. Click Apply. In the dialog box that is displayed, click OK.