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AAA Server
30.1 Overview
You can use a AAA (Authentication, Authorization, Accounting) server to provide
access control to your network. The AAA server can be a Active Directory, LDAP, or
RADIUS server. Use the AAA Server screens to create and manage objects that
contain settings for using AAA servers. You use AAA server objects in configuring
ext-group-user user objects and authentication method objects.
30.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
• The Active Directory / LDAP screens (
) configure
Active Directory or LDAP server objects.
• The RADIUS screen (
) configures the default external
RADIUS server to use for user authentication.
30.1.2 What You Need To Know
The following terms and concepts may help as you read this chapter.
Directory Service (AD/LDAP)
LDAP/AD allows a client (the NXC) to connect to a server to retrieve information
from a directory. A network example is shown next.
Figure 194
Example: Directory Service Client and Server
The following describes the user authentication procedure via an LDAP/AD server.