T Commands

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T Commands

tacacs+ abort

tacacs+ commit

tacacs+ distribute

tacacs-server deadtime

tacacs-server directed-request

tacacs-server host

tacacs-server key

tacacs-server test

tacacs-server timeout

telnet

telnet server enable

telnet6

terminal verify-only

test aaa authorization command-type

time-range

trustedCert

T Commands

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This chapter describes the Cisco NX-OS security commands that begin with T.

tacacs+ abort

To discard a TACACS+ Cisco Fabric Services (CFS) distribution session in progress, use the tacacs+ abort command.

tacacs+ abort

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

None.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

Command History

Release	Modification
4.1(2)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

To use this command, TACACS+ must be enabled using the feature tacacs+ command.

This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to discard a TACACS+ CFS distribution session in progress:

switch# config terminal

switch(config)# tacacs+ abort

Related Commands

Command	Description
feature tacacs+	Enables TACACS+.
show tacacs+	Displays TACACS+ CFS distribution status and other details.
tacacs+ distribute	Enables CFS distribution for TACACS+.

tacacs+ commit

To apply the pending configuration pertaining to the TACACS+ Cisco Fabric Services (CFS) distribution session in progress in the fabric, use the tacacs+ commit command.

tacacs+ commit

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

Global configuration

Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin
VDC user

Command History

Release	Modification
4.1(2)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

To use this command, TACACS+ must be enabled using the feature tacacs+ command.

Before committing the TACACS+ configuration to the fabric, all switches in the fabric must have distribution enabled using the tacacs+ distribute command.

CFS does not distribute the TACACS+ server group configurations, periodic TACACS+ server testing configurations, or server and global keys. The keys are unique to the Cisco NX-OS device and are not shared with other Cisco NX-OS devices.

This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to apply a TACACS+ configuration to the switches in the fabric.

switch# config terminal

switch(config)# tacacs+ commit

Related Commands

Command	Description
feature tacacs+	Enables TACACS+.
show tacacs+	Displays TACACS+ CFS distribution status and other details.
tacacs+ distribute	Enables CFS distribution for TACACS+.

tacacs+ distribute

To enable Cisco Fabric Services (CFS) distribution for TACACS+, use the tacacs+ distribute command. To disable this feature, use the no form of the command.

tacacs+ distribute

no tacacs+ distribute

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

Disabled

Command Modes

Global configuration

Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin
VDC user

Command History

Release	Modification
4.1(2)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

To use this command, TACACS+ must be enabled using the feature tacacs+ command.

CFS does not distribute the TACACS+ server group configurations, periodic TACACS+ server testing configurations, or server and global keys. The keys are unique to the Cisco NX-OS device and are not shared with other Cisco NX-OS devices.

This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to enable TACACS+ fabric distribution:

switch# config terminal

switch(config)# tacacs+ distribute

Related Commands

Command	Description
feature tacacs+	Enables TACACS+.
show tacacs+	Displays TACACS+ CFS distribution status and other details.

tacacs-server deadtime

To set a periodic time interval where a nonreachable (nonresponsive) TACACS+ server is monitored for responsiveness, use the tacacs-server deadtime command. To disable the monitoring of the nonresponsive TACACS+ server, use the no form of this command.

tacacs-server deadtime minutes

no tacacs-server deadtime minutes

Syntax Description

time	Time interval in minutes. The range is from 1 to 1440.

Defaults

0 minutes

Command Modes

Global configuration

Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

Command History

Release	Modification
4.0(1)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

Setting the time interval to zero disables the timer. If the dead-time interval for an individual TACACS+ server is greater than zero (0), that value takes precedence over the value set for the server group.

When the dead-time interval is 0 minutes, TACACS+ server monitoring is not performed unless the TACACS+ server is part of a server group and the dead-time interval for the group is greater than 0 minutes.

You must use the feature tacacs+ command before you configure TACACS+.

This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to configure the dead-time interval and enable periodic monitoring:

switch# configure terminal

switch(config)# tacacs-server deadtime 10

This example shows how to revert to the default dead-time interval and disable periodic monitoring:

switch# configure terminal

switch(config)# no tacacs-server deadtime 10

Related Commands

Command	Description
deadtime	Sets a dead-time interval for monitoring a nonresponsive TACACS+ server.
show tacacs-server	Displays TACACS+ server information.
feature tacacs+	Enables TACACS+.

tacacs-server directed-request

To allow users to send authentication requests to a specific TACACS+ server when logging in, use the tacacs-server directed request command. To revert to the default, use the no form of this command.

tacacs-server directed-request

no tacacs-server directed-request

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

Sends the authentication request to the configured TACACS+ server groups

Command Modes

Global configuration

Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

Command History

Release	Modification
4.0(1)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

You must use the feature tacacs+ command before you configure TACACS+.

The user can specify the username@vrfname:hostname during login, where vrfname is the virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) name to use and hostname is the name of a configured TACACS+ server. The username is sent to the server name for authentication.

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Note If you enable the directed-request option, the Cisco NX-OS device uses only the RADIUS method for authentication and not the default local method.

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This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to allow users to send authentication requests to a specific TACACS+ server when logging in:

switch# configure terminal

switch(config)# tacacs-server directed-request

This example shows how to disallow users to send authentication requests to a specific TACACS+ server when logging in:

switch# configure terminal

switch(config)# no tacacs-server directed-request

Related Commands

Command	Description
show tacacs-server directed request	Displays a directed request TACACS+ server configuration.
feature tacacs+	Enables TACACS+.

tacacs-server host

To configure TACACS+ server host parameters, use the tacacs-server host command. To revert to the defaults, use the no form of this command.

tacacs-server host {hostname | ipv4-address | ipv6-address}
[key [0 | 7] shared-secret] [port port-number]
[test {idle-time time | password password | username name}]
[timeout seconds]

no tacacs-server host {hostname | ipv4-address | ipv6-address}
[key [0 | 7] shared-secret] [port port-number]
[test {idle-time time | password password | username name}]
[timeout seconds]

Syntax Description

hostname	TACACS+ server Domain Name Server (DNS) name. The name is alphanumeric, case sensitive, and has a maximum of 256 characters.
ipv4-address	TACACS+ server IPv4 address in the A.B.C.D format.
ipv6-address	TACACS+ server IPv6 address in the X:X:X:X format.
key	(Optional) Configures the TACACS+ server's shared secret key.
0	(Optional) Configures a preshared key specified in clear text (indicated by 0) to authenticate communication between the TACACS+ client and server. This is the default.
7	(Optional) Configures a preshared key specified in encrypted text (indicated by 7) to authenticate communication between the TACACS+ client and server.
shared-secret	Preshared key to authenticate communication between the TACACS+ client and server. The preshared key is alphanumeric, case sensitive, and has a maximum of 63 characters.
port port-number	(Optional) Configures a TACACS+ server port for authentication. The range is from 1 to 65535.
test	(Optional) Configures parameters to send test packets to the TACACS+ server.
idle-time time	(Optional) Specifies the time interval (in minutes) for monitoring the server. The time range is 1 to 1440 minutes.
password password	(Optional) Specifies a user password in the test packets. The password is alphanumeric, case sensitive, and has a maximum of 32 characters.
username name	(Optional) Specifies a username in the test packets. The username is alphanumeric, case sensitive, and has a maximum of 32 characters.
timeout seconds	(Optional) Configures a TACACS+ server timeout period (in seconds) between retransmissions to the TACACS+ server. The range is from 1 to 60 seconds.

Defaults

Idle time: disabled

Server monitoring: disabled

Timeout: 1 second.

Test username: test

Test password: test

Command Modes

Global configuration

Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

Command History

Release	Modification
4.0(1)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

You must use the feature tacacs+ command before you configure TACACS+.

When the idle time interval is 0 minutes, periodic TACACS+ server monitoring is not performed.

This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to configure TACACS+ server host parameters:

switch# configure terminal

switch(config)# tacacs-server host 10.10.2.3 key HostKey 

switch(config)# tacacs-server host tacacs2 key 0 abcd 

switch(config)# tacacs-server host tacacs3 key 7 1234 

switch(config)# tacacs-server host 10.10.2.3 test idle-time 10

switch(config)# tacacs-server host 10.10.2.3 test username tester

switch(config)# tacacs-server host 10.10.2.3 test password 2B9ka5

Related Commands

Command	Description
show tacacs-server	Displays TACACS+ server information.
feature tacacs+	Enables TACACS+.

tacacs-server key

To configure a global TACACS+ shared secret key, use the tacacs-server key command. To removed a configured shared secret, use the no form of this command.

tacacs-server key [0 | 6 | 7] shared-secret

no tacacs-server key [0 | 6 | 7] shared-secret

Syntax Description

0	(Optional) Configures a preshared key specified in clear text to authenticate communication between the TACACS+ client and server. This is the default.
6	(Optional) Configures a preshared key specified in clear text to authenticate communication between the TACACS+ client and server.
7	(Optional) Configures a preshared key specified in encrypted text to authenticate communication between the TACACS+ client and server.
shared-secret	Preshared key to authenticate communication between the TACACS+ client and server. The preshared key is alphanumeric, case sensitive, and has a maximum of 63 characters.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

Global configuration

Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

Command History

Release	Modification
4.0(1)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

You must configure the TACACS+ preshared key to authenticate the device to the TACACS+ server. The length of the key is restricted to 63 characters and can include any printable ASCII characters (white spaces are not allowed). You can configure a global key to be used for all TACACS+ server configurations on the device. You can override this global key assignment by using the key keyword in the tacacs-server host command.

You must use the feature tacacs+ command before you configure TACACS+.

This command does not require a license.

Examples

The following example shows how to configure TACACS+ server shared keys:

switch# configure terminal

switch(config)# tacacs-server key AnyWord

switch(config)# tacacs-server key 0 AnyWord 

switch(config)# tacacs-server key 7 public 

Related Commands

Command	Description
show tacacs-server	Displays TACACS+ server information.
feature tacacs+	Enables TACACS+.

tacacs-server test

To monitor the availability of all TACACS+ servers without having to configure the test parameters for each server individually, use the tacacs-server test command. To disable this configuration, use the no form of this command.

tacacs-server test {idle-time time | password password | username name}

no tacacs-server test {idle-time time | password password | username name}

Syntax Description

idle-time time	Specifies the time interval (in minutes) for monitoring the server. The range is from 1 to 1440 minutes. Note When the idle time interval is 0 minutes, periodic TACACS+ server monitoring is not performed.
password password	Specifies a user password in the test packets. The password is alphanumeric, case sensitive, and has a maximum of 32 characters.
username name	Specifies a username in the test packets. The name is alphanumeric, not case sensitive, and has a maximum of 32 characters. Note To protect network security, we recommend that you use a username that is not the same as an existing username in the TACACS+ database.

Defaults

Server monitoring: Disabled
Idle time: 0 minutes
Test username: test
Test password: test

Command Modes

Global configuration

Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

Command History

Release	Modification
5.0(2)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

To use this command, you must enable TACACS+ authentication.

Any servers for which test parameters are not configured are monitored using the global level parameters.

Test parameters that are configured for individual servers take precedence over global test parameters.

When the idle time interval is 0 minutes, periodic TACACS+ server monitoring is not performed.

This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to configure the parameters for global TACACS+ server monitoring:

switch# configure terminal

switch(config)# tacacs-server test username user1 password Ur2Gd2BH idle-time 3

Related Commands

Command	Description
show tacacs-server	Displays TACACS+ server information.

tacacs-server timeout

To specify the time between retransmissions to the TACACS+ servers, use the tacacs-server timeout command. To revert to the default, use the no form of this command.

tacacs-server timeout seconds

no tacacs-server timeout seconds

Syntax Description

seconds

Seconds between retransmissions to the TACACS+ server. The range is from 1 to 60 seconds.

Defaults

1 second

Command Modes

Global configuration

Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

Command History

Release	Modification
4.0(1)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

You must use the feature tacacs+ command before you configure TACACS+.

This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to configure the TACACS+ server timeout value:

switch# configure terminal

switch(config)# tacacs-server timeout 3

This example shows how to revert to the default TACACS+ server timeout value:

switch# configure terminal

switch(config)# no tacacs-server timeout 3

Related Commands

Command	Description
show tacacs-server	Displays TACACS+ server information.
feature tacacs+	Enables TACACS+.

telnet

To create a Telnet session using IPv4 on the Cisco NX-OS device, use the telnet command.

telnet {ipv4-address | hostname} [port-number] [vrf vrf-name]

Syntax Description

ipv4-address	IPv4 address of the remote device.
hostname	Hostname of the remote device. The name is alphanumeric, case sensitive, and has a maximum of 64 characters.
port-number	(Optional) Port number for the Telnet session. The range is from 1 to 65535.
vrf vrf-name	(Optional) Specifies the virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) name to use for the Telnet session. The name is case sensitive.

Defaults

Port 23

Default VRF

Command Modes

Any command mode

Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

Command History

Release	Modification
4.0(1)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

To use this command, you must enable the Telnet server using the feature telnet command.

To create a Telnet session with IPv6 addressing, use the telnet6 command.

The Cisco NX-OS software supports a maximum of 60 concurrent SSH and Telnet sessions.

This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to start a Telnet session using an IPv4 address:

switch# telnet 10.10.1.1 vrf management

Related Commands

Command	Description
clear line	Clears Telnet sessions.
telnet6	Creates a Telnet session using IPv6 addressing.
feature telnet	Enables the Telnet server.

telnet server enable

To enable the Telnet server for a virtual device context (VDC), use the telnet server enable command. To disable the Telnet server, use the no form of this command.

telnet server enable

no telnet server enable

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

Enabled

Command Modes

Global configuration

Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

Command History

Release	Modification
4.1(2)	This command was deprecated and replaced with the feature telnet command.
4.0(1)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to enable the Telnet server:

switch# configure terminal

switch(config)# telnet server enable

This example shows how to disable the Telnet server:

switch# configure terminal

switch(config)# no telnet server enable

XML interface to system may become unavailable since ssh is disabled

Related Commands

Command	Description
show telnet server	Displays the SSH server key information.

telnet6

To create a Telnet session using IPv6 on the Cisco NX-OS device, use the telnet6 command.

telnet6 {ipv6-address | hostname} [port-number] [vrf vrf-name]

Syntax Description

ipv6-address	IPv6 address of the remote device.
hostname	Hostname of the remote device. The name is alphanumeric, case sensitive, and has a maximum of 64 characters.
port-number	(Optional) Port number for the Telnet session. The range is from 1 to 65535.
vrf vrf-name	(Optional) Specifies the virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) name to use for the Telnet session. The name is case sensitive.

Defaults

Port 23

Default VRF

Command Modes

Any command mode

Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

Command History

Release	Modification
4.0(2)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

To use this command, you must enable the Telnet server using the feature telnet command.

To create a Telnet session with IPv4 addressing, use the telnet command.

The Cisco NX-OS software supports a maximum of 60 concurrent SSH and Telnet sessions.

This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to start a Telnet session using an IPv6 address:

switch# telnet6 2001:0DB8:0:0:E000::F vrf management

Related Commands

Command	Description
clear line	Clears Telnet sessions.
telnet	Creates a Telnet session using IPv4 addressing.
feature telnet	Enables the Telnet server.

terminal verify-only

To enable command authorization verification on the command-line interface (CLI), use the terminal verify-only command. To disable this feature, use the no form of this command.

terminal verify-only [username username]

terminal no verify-only [username username]

Syntax Description

username username

(Optional) Specifies the username for which to verify command authorization.

Defaults

Disabled

The default for the username keyword is the current user session.

Command Modes

Any command mode

Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

Command History

Release	Modification
4.2(1)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

When you enable command authorization verification, the CLI indicates if the command is successfully authorized for the user but does not execute the command.

The command authorization verification uses the methods configured in the aaa authorization commands default command and the aaa authorization config-commands default command.

This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to enable command authorization verification:

switch# terminal verify-only

This example shows how to disable command authorization verification:

switch# terminal no verify-only

Related Commands

Command	Description
aaa authorization commands default	Configures authorization for EXEC commands.
aaa authorization config-commands default	Configures authorization for configuration commands.

test aaa authorization command-type

To test the TACACS+ command authorization for a username, use the test aaa authorization command-type command.

test aaa authorization command-type {commands | config-commands} user username command command-string

Syntax Description

commands	Tests EXEC commands.
config-commands	Tests configuration commands.
user username	Specifies the user name for TACACS+ command authorization testing.
command command-string	Specifies the command for authorization testing. Put double quotes around the command-string argument if the command contains spaces.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

Any command mode

Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

Command History

Release	Modification
4.2(1)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

To use the test aaa authorization command-type command, you must enable the TACACS+ feature using the feature tacacs+ command.

You must configure a TACACS+ group on the Cisco NX-OS device using the aaa server group command before you can test the command authorization.

This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to test the TACACS+ command authorization for a username:

switch# test aaa authorization command-type commands user testuser command "configure 
terminal"

Related Commands

Command	Description
aaa authorization commands default	Configures authorization for EXEC commands.
aaa authorization config-commands default	Configures authorization for configuration commands.
aaa group server	Configures AAA server groups.

time-range

To configure a time range, use the time-range command. To remove a time range, use the no form of this command.

time-range time-range-name

no time-range time-range-name

Syntax Description

time-range-name

Name of the time range, which can be up to 64 alphanumeric, case-sensitive characters.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

Global configuration

Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

Command History

Release	Modification
4.0(1)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

This command does not require a license.

You can use a time range in permit and deny commands for IPv4 and IPv6 ACLs.

Examples

This example shows how to use the time-range command and enter time range configuration mode:

switch# configure terminal

switch(config)# time-range workweek-vpn-access

switch(config-time-range)#

Related Commands

Command	Description
absolute	Specifies a time range that has a specific start date and time.
deny (IPv4)	Configures an IPv4 deny rule.
periodic	Specifies a time range that is active one or more times per week.
permit (IPv4)	Configures an IPv4 permit rule.

trustedCert

To configure the attribute name, search filter, and base-DN for the trusted certificate search operation in order to send a search query to the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server, use the trustedCert command. To disable this configuration, use the no form of this command.

trustedCert attribute-name attribute-name search-filter filter base-DN base-DN-name

no trustedCert

Syntax Description

attribute-name attribute-name	Specifies the attribute name of the LDAP search map. The name is alphanumeric, case sensitive, and has a maximum of 128 characters.
search-filter filter	Specifies the filter for the LDAP search map. The name is alphanumeric, case sensitive, and has a maximum of 128 characters.
base-DN base-DN-name	Specifies the base designated name for the LDAP search map. The name is alphanumeric, case sensitive, and has a maximum of 128 characters.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

LDAP search map configuration

Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

Command History

Release	Modification
5.0(2)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

To use this command, you must enable LDAP.

This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to configure the attribute name, search filter, and base-DN for the trusted certificate search operation in order to send a search query to the LDAP server:

switch# conf t

switch(config)# ldap search-map s0

switch(config-ldap-search-map)# trustedCert attribute-name cACertificate search-filter 
(&(objectClass=certificationAuthority)) base-DN CN=NTAuthCertificates,CN=Public Key 
Services,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=mdsldaptestlab,DC=com

switch(config-ldap-search-map)#

Related Commands

Command	Description
feature ldap	Enables LDAP.
ldap search-map	Configures an LDAP search map.
show ldap-search-map	Displays the configured LDAP search maps.