AAA (Authentication, Authorization, Accounting)

This dialog box provides the following options :

Procedure

  1. Right-click the device, then select AAA.

The following information appears:

Index (casIndex)

Protocol (casProtocol)

IP Address (casAddress)

Authen Port (casAuthenPort)

Acct Port (casAcctPort)

State (casState)

Priority (casPriority)

  1. Select a row, then click Server Availability to open the AAA Server Availability dialog.

  2. Select a row, then click Response Time to open the AAA Response Time dialog.

  3. Select a row, then click Authentication to open the AAA Authentication dialog.

  4. Select a row, then click Authorization to open the AAA Authorization dialog.

  5. Select a row, then click Accounting to open the AAA Accounting dialog.

Related Topics

AAA Server Availablity

AAA Response Time

AAA Authentication

AAA Authorization

AAA Accounting


Index (casIndex)

AAA Server Table index.


Protocol (casProtocol)

Protocol used with server.

tacacsplus(1) represents TACACS+

radius(2) represents RADIUS


IP Address (casAddress)

Server IP address.


Authen Port (casAuthenPort)

UDP or TCP port used for authentication in configuration.

Explicitly set for TACACS+.

Default is the IOS default for radius: 1645.


Acct Port (casAcctPort)

UDP or TCP port used for accounting service in configuration.

For TACACS+, ignore casAcctPort and use casAuthenPort.

The default value is the IOS default value for radius: 1646.


State (casState)

Current state of server.

up(1) represents server responding to requests.

dead(2) means server failed to respond.

A server is marked dead when it does not respond after maximum retransmissions.

A server is marked up either after a waiting period or when some response is received.

Initial value of casState is 'up(1)' at system reinitialization. It transitions to 'dead(2)' when an attempt to communicate fails.


Priority (casPriority)

Number that shows server priority. Lower numbers show higher priority.