This object holds the name of an authentication method, such as RADIUS, TACACS, or local, as part of a generic AAA method-list row that the switch creates when this row is set up. Administrators define this when building an ordered authentication method list, since the switch will try each named method in the configured sequence. For example, an admin might set this object to "radius" to specify that RADIUS is the method associated with this particular entry in the method chain.