Event Messages
Messages related to TACACS+ operation
The switch generates the CLI messages listed below. However, you may see other messages generated in your TACACS+ server application. For information on such messages, see the documentation you received with the application.
| CLI Message | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Connecting to Tacacs server | The switch is attempting to contact the TACACS+ server
identified in the switch tacacs-server configuration
as the first-choice (or only) TACACS+ server. |
| Connecting to secondary Tacacs server | The switch was not able to contact the first-choice
TACACS+ server, and is now attempting to contact the next (secondary)
TACACS+ server identified in the switch tacacs-server configuration. |
| Invalid password | The system does not recognize the user name or the password or both. Depending on the authentication method (tacacs or local), either the TACACS+ server application did not recognize the user name/password pair or the user name/password pair did not match the user name/password pair configured in the switch. |
| No Tacacs servers responding | The switch has not been able to contact any designated TACACS+ servers. If this message is followed by the Username prompt, the switch is attempting local authentication. |
| Not legal combination of authentication methods | For console access, if you select tacacs as the primary authentication method, you must select local as the secondary authentication method. This prevents you from being locked out of the switch if all designated TACACS+ servers are inaccessible to the switch. |
| Record already exists | When resulting from a tacacs-server host <ip
addr> command, indicates an attempt to enter a duplicate TACACS+
server IP address. |
Messages related to RADIUS Operation
Messages related to RADIUS operation
| Message | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Connecting to TACACS server | The switch is attempting to contact the TACACS+ server identified in the switch’s tacacsserver configuration as the first-choice (or only) TACACS+ server. |
| Connecting to secondary TACACS server | The switch was not able to contact the first-choice TACACS+ server, and is now attempting to contact the next (secondary) TACACS+ server identified in the switch’s tacacs-server configuration. |
| Invalid password | The system does not recognize the user name or the password or both. Depending on the authentication method (tacacs or local), either the TACACS+ server application did not recognize the user name/password pair or the user name/password pair did not match the user name/password pair configured in the switch. |
| No TACACS servers responding. | The switch has not been able to contact any designated TACACS+ servers. If this message is followed by the Username prompt, the switch is attempting local authentication. |
| Not legal combination of authentication methods. | For console access, if you select tacacs as the primary authentication method, you must select local as the secondary authentication method. This prevents you from being locked out of the switch if all designated TACACS+ servers are inaccessible to the switch. |
| Record already exists | When resulting from a tacacs-server host <ip addr> command, indicates an attempt to enter a duplicate TACACS+ server IP address. |