Overview of Authentication

Authentication pages are used to configure authentication and authorization settings for GigaVUE‑FM. To view the authentication pages:

  1. 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.