Overview of Authentication
Authentication pages are used to configure authentication and authorization settings for GigaVUE‑FM. To view the authentication pages:
- 
                On the left navigation pane, click 
 and select Authentication. 
                                                                
                                                            
The following table describes the pages available when Authentication is selected from the left navigation pane.
| 
                                                                             Page  | 
                                                                        
                                                                             Description  | 
                                                                    
GigaVUE-FM User Management  | Manage local user accounts. From here, you can add new accounts, edit existing accounts, or delete users. Refer to GigaVUE-FM User Management for details.  | 
Device Authentication Services  | Manage authentication priority and user mapping settings globally for all the devices managed by GigaVUE-FM. You can also perform LDAP Server and LDAP User Group mapping configurations globally for all the nodes managed by GigaVUE-FM. Refer to GigaVUE-FM User Management for details.  | 
Important: Always use HTTPS to run GigaVUE-FM . Running GigaVUE-FM on other non-secure protocols does not generate IDP metadata.
The following table details the AAA configuration support for the various software versions in GigaVUE-FM and CLI.
| 
                                                                             Software Version  | 
                                                                        
                                                                             AAA Configuration in GigaVUE-FM  | 
                                                                        
                                                                             AAA Configuration in CLI  | 
                                                                        
                                                                             Comments  | 
                                                                    
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6.0.0 and Below | 
                                                                             Yes  | 
                                                                        
                                                                             Yes  | 
                                                                        
                                                                             You can view the AAA settings configured using GigaVUE-FM in CLI and vice-e-versa. 
  | 
                                                                    
| 
                                                                             5.7.00 
  | 
                                                                        
                                                                             Yes  | 
                                                                        
                                                                             Yes  | 
                                                                        
                                                                             You cannot view the AAA settings configured using GigaVUE-FM in CLI and vice-e-versa. 
  | 
                                                                    
| 
                                                                             5.8.00 and above  | 
                                                                        
                                                                             Yes  | 
                                                                        
                                                                             No  | 
                                                                        
                                                                             You can configure the AAA settings only using GigaVUE-FM. AAA Configuration using CLI is not supported.  | 
                                                                    



