Switch AAA Functionalities
Using the CLI or Fabric Manager, or an SNMP application, you can configure AAA switch functionalities on any switch in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family.
This section includes the following topics:
Authentication
Authentication is the process of verifying the identity of the person or device accessing the switch. This identity verification is based on the user ID and password combination provided by the entity trying to access the switch. Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches allow you to perform local authentication (using the local lookup database) or remote authentication (using one or more RADIUS or TACACS+ servers).
Note Fabric Manager does not support AAA passwords with trailing white space, for example “passwordA.”
Authorization
The following authorization roles exist in all Cisco MDS switches:
- Network operator (network-operator)—Has permission to view the configuration only. The operator cannot make any configuration changes.
- Network administrator (network-admin)— Has permission to execute all commands and make configuration changes. The administrator can also create and customize up to 64 additional roles.
- Default-role—Has permission to use the GUI (Fabric Manager and Device Manager). This access is automatically granted to all users for accessing the GUI.
These roles cannot be changed or deleted. You can create additional roles and configure the following options:
- Configure role-based authorization by assigning user roles locally or using remote AAA servers.
- Configure user profiles on a remote AAA server to contain role information. This role information is automatically downloaded and used when the user is authenticated through the remote AAA server.
Note If a user belongs only to one of the newly created roles and that role is subsequently deleted, then the user immediately defaults to the network-operator role.
Accounting
The accounting feature tracks and maintains a log of every management configuration used to access the switch. This information can be used to generate reports for troubleshooting and auditing purposes. Accounting logs can be stored locally or sent to remote AAA servers.
Remote AAA Services
Remote AAA services provided through RADIUS and TACACS+ protocols have the following advantages over local AAA services:
- User password lists for each switch in the fabric can be managed more easily.
- AAA servers are already deployed widely across enterprises and can be easily adopted.
- The accounting log for all switches in the fabric can be centrally managed.
- User role mapping for each switch in the fabric can be managed more easily.
Remote Authentication Guidelines
If you prefer using remote AAA servers, follow these guidelines:
- A minimum of one AAA server should be IP reachable.
- Be sure to configure a desired local AAA policy as this policy is used if all AAA servers are not reachable.
- AAA servers are easily reachable if an overlay Ethernet LAN is attached to the switch (see the Cisco Fabric Manager IP Services Configuration Guide and the Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Configuration Guide). We recommend this method.
- SAN networks connected to the switch should have at least one gateway switch connected to the Ethernet LAN reaching the AAA servers.
Server Groups
You can specify remote AAA servers for authentication, authorization, and accounting using server groups. A server group is a set of remote AAA servers implementing the same AAA protocol. The purpose of a server group is to provide for failover servers in case a remote AAA server fails to respond. If the first remote server in the group fails to respond, the next remote server in the group is tried until one of the servers sends a response. If all the AAA servers in the server group fail to respond, then that server group option is considered a failure. If required, you can specify multiple server groups. If the Cisco MDS switch encounters errors from the servers in the first group, it tries the servers in the next server group.
AAA Service Configuration Options
AAA configuration in Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches is service based. You can have separate AAA configurations for the following services:
- Telnet or SSH login (Fabric Manager and Device Manager login)
- Console login
- iSCSI authentication (See the Cisco Fabric Manager IP Services Configuration Guide and the Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS IP Services Configuration Guide)
- FC-SP authentication (See Chapter 11, “Configuring FC-SP and DHCHAP”)
- Accounting
In general, server group, local, and none are the three options that can be specified for any service in an AAA configuration. Each option is tried in the order specified. If all the options fail, local is tried.
Caution
Cisco MDS NX-OS supports user names that are created with alphanumeric characters or specific special characters (+ [plus], = [equal], _ [underscore], - [hyphen], \ [backslash], and. [period]) whether created remotely (using TACACS+ or RADIUS) or locally, provided the user name starts with an alphabetical character. Local user names cannot be created with all numbers or with any special characters (apart from those specified). If a numeric-only user name or a non-supported special character user name exists on an AAA server, and is entered during login, then the user is denied access.
Note Even if local is not specified as one of the options, it is tried by default if all AAA servers configured for authentication are unreachable. User has the flexibility to disable this fallback.
When RADIUS times out, local login is attempted depending on the fallback configuration. For this local login to be successful, a local account for the user with the same password should exist, and the RADIUS timeout and retries should take less than 40 seconds. The user is authenticated if the username and password exist in the local authentication configuration.
Table 7-1 provides the related CLI command for each AAA service configuration option.
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Table 7-1 AAA Service Configuration Commands
AAA Service Configuration Option
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Telnet or SSH login (Cisco Fabric Manager and Device Manager login) |
aaa authentication login default |
Console login |
aaa authentication login console |
iSCSI authentication |
aaa authentication iscsi default |
FC-SP authentication |
aaa authentication dhchap default |
Accounting |
aaa accounting default |
Error-Enabled Status
When you log in, the login is processed by rolling over to local user database if the remote AAA servers do not respond. In this situation, the following message is displayed on your screen if you have enabled the error-enabled feature:
Remote AAA servers unreachable; local authentication done.
To enable this message display, use the aaa authentication login error-enable command.
To disable this message display, use the no aaa authentication login error-enable command.
To view the current display status, use the show aaa authentication login error-enable command (see Example 7-1).
Example 7-1 Displays AAA Authentication Login Information
switch# show aaa authentication login error-enable
AAA Server Monitoring
An unresponsive AAA server introduces a delay in the processing of AAA requests. An MDS switch can periodically monitor an AAA server to check whether it is responding (or alive) to save time in processing AAA requests. The MDS switch marks unresponsive AAA servers as dead and does not send AAA requests to any dead AAA servers. An MDS switch periodically monitors dead AAA servers and brings them to the alive state once they are responding. This monitoring process verifies that an AAA server is in a working state before real AAA requests are sent its way. Whenever an AAA server changes to the dead or alive state, an SNMP trap is generated and the MDS switch warns the administrator that a failure is taking place before it can impact performance. See Figure 7-1 for AAA server states.
Figure 7-1 AAA Server States
Note The monitoring interval for alive servers and dead servers is different and can be configured by the user. The AAA server monitoring is performed by sending a test authentication request to the AAA server.
The user name and password to be used in the test packet can be configured.
See the “Configuring RADIUS Server Monitoring Parameters” section“Configuring RADIUS Server Monitoring Parameters” section and“Displaying RADIUS Server Details” section.
Authentication and Authorization Process
Authentication is the process of verifying the identity of the person managing the switch. This identity verification is based on the user ID and password combination provided by the person managing the switch. The Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches allow you to perform local authentication (using the lookup database) or remote authentication (using one or more RADIUS servers or TACACS+ servers).
Authorization provides access control. It is the process of assembling a set of attributes that describe what the user is authorized to perform. Based on the user ID and password combination, the user is authenticated and authorized to access the network as per the assigned role. You can configure parameters that can prevent unauthorized access by an user, provided the switches use the TACACS+ protocol.
AAA authorization is the process of assembling a set of attributes that describe what the user is authorized to perform. Authorization in the Cisco NX-OS software is provided by attributes that are downloaded from AAA servers. Remote security servers, such as RADIUS and TACACS+, authorize users for specific rights by associating attribute-value (AV) pairs, which define those rights with the appropriate user.
The following steps explain the authorization and authentication process:
Step 1 Log in to the required switch in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family, using the Telnet, SSH, Fabric Manager or Device Manager, or console login options.
Step 2 When you have configured server groups using the server group authentication method, an authentication request is sent to the first AAA server in the group.
- If the AAA server fails to respond, then the next AAA server is contacted and so on until the remote server responds to the authentication request.
- If all AAA servers in the server group fail to respond, then the servers in the next server group are contacted.
- If all configured methods fail, then by default local database is used for authentication. The next section will describe the way to disable this fallback.
Step 3 When you are successfully authenticated through a remote AAA server, then the following possible actions are taken:
- If the AAA server protocol is RADIUS, then user roles specified in the cisco-av-pair attribute are downloaded with an authentication response.
- If the AAA server protocol is TACACS+, then another request is sent to the same server to get the user roles specified as custom attributes for the shell.
- If user roles are not successfully retrieved from the remote AAA server, then the user is assigned the network-operator role if the show aaa user default-role command is enabled. You are denied access if this command is disabled.
Step 4 When your user name and password are successfully authenticated locally, you are allowed to log in, and you are assigned the roles configured in the local database.
Figure 7-2 shows a flow chart of the authorization and authentication process.
Figure 7-2 Switch Authorization and Authentication Flow
Note No more server groups left = no response from any server in all server groups.
No more servers left = no response from any server within this server group.
To configure role-based authorization on TACACS+ server, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# aaa authorization |
Enables configuration of authorization methods. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# aaa authorization config-commands |
Enables authorization for all commands under config mode Layer2 and Layer3. |
Step 4 |
switch(config)# aaa authorization config-commands default group tac1 |
Enables specified TACACS+ server group authorization. |
Step 5 |
switch(config)# aaa authorization commands |
Enables AAA authorization for all EXEC mode commands. |
Step 6 |
switch(config)# aaa authorization commands default group tac1 |
Enables specified TACACS+ server group authorization. |
Step 7 |
switch(config)# aaa authorization commands default group local |
Enables default TACACS+ server group authorization.Authorization is based on the local-user-database. |
Step 8 |
switch(config)# no aaa authorization command default group tac1 |
Removes authorization for a specified function for the authenticated user. |
Note ● Authorization configuration is provided only for authentication done using TACACS+ server.
- The ‘none’ option from aaa authorization methods has been deprecated. If you did an upgrade from 4.x image and ‘none’ was configured as one of the authorization methods, it is be replaced with local. The functionality remains the same.
- Command authorization disables user role-based authorization control (RBAC), including the default roles.
You can use the show commands to display information on the AAA authorization and the default user roles assigned for remote authentication. (see to ).
Example 7-2 Displays aaa Authorization Information Details
switch# show aaa authorization all
AAA command authorization:
default authorization for config-commands: local
default authorization for commands: local
Example 7-3 Displays Default User Role for Remote Authentication
switch# show aaa user default-role
Configuring Fallback Mechanism for Authentication
You can enable/disable fallback to local database in case the remote authentication is set and all AAA servers are unreachable (authentication error). The fallback is set to local by default in case of an authentication error. You can disable this fallback for both console and ssh/telnet login. Disabling this fallback will tighten the security of authentication.
The following steps explain thefallback mechanism for authentication:
Step 1 By default fallback will be enabled for both default/console login. The “sh run aaa all” command can be used to verify this.
Step 2 Disabling fallback will print a warning message.
The CLI syntax and behavior is as follows:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t switch(config)# |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# show run aaa all aaa authentication login default fallback error local aaa authentication login console fallback error local |
Displays the default fallback behavior. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# no aaa authentication login default fallback error local WARNING!!! Disabling fallback can lock your switch. |
Disables the fallback to local database for authentication. Note Replace default with console in this command to disable fallback to console. |
Caution
If fallback is disable for both default/console, remote authentication is enabled and servers are unreachable, then the switch will be locked.
Verifying Authorization Profile
You can verify the authorizing profile for different commands. When enabled, all commands are directed to the Access Control Server (ACS) for verification. The verification details are displayed once the verification is completed.
switch# terminal verify-only username sikander
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
switch(config)# feature telnet
switch(config)# feature ssh
Note This command only verifies the commands and does not enable the configuration.
Testing Authorization
You can test the authorization settings for any command.
To test the authorization of a command, use the test aaa authorization command-type command.
switch(config)# test aaa authorization command-type commands user u1 command "feature dhcp"
Configuring LDAP
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) provides centralized validation of users attempting to gain access to a Cisco NX-OS device. LDAP services are maintained in a database on an LDAP daemon running, typically, on a UNIX or Windows NT workstation. You must have access to and must configure an LDAP server before the configured LDAP features on your Cisco NX-OS device are available.
LDAP provides for separate authentication and authorization facilities. LDAP allows for a single access control server (the LDAP daemon) to provide each service-authentication and authorization-independently. Each service can be tied into its own database to take advantage of other services available on that server or on the network, depending on the capabilities of the daemon.
The LDAP client/server protocol uses TCP (TCP port 389) for transport requirements. Cisco NX-OS devices provide centralized authentication using the LDAP protocol.
Note If you are familiar with the Cisco IOS CLI, be aware that the Cisco NX-OS commands for this feature might differ from the Cisco IOS commands that you would use.
This section includes the following topics:
LDAP Authentication and Authorization
Clients establish a TCP connection and authentication session with an LDAP server through a simple bind (username and password). As part of the authorization process, the LDAP server searches its database to retrieve the user profile and other information.
You can configure the bind operation to first bind and then search, where authentication is performed first and authorization next, or to first search and then bind. The default method is to first search and then bind.
The "append-with-basedn" configuration can be used to perform the authentication bind during a "Bind then Search" operation. The DN provided by append-with-basedn command will be appended to the specified $userid and baseDN to define the full path to the LDAP entry used in authentication.
The advantage of searching first and binding later is that the distinguished name (DN) received in the search result can be used as the user DN during binding rather than forming a DN by prepending the username (cn attribute) with the baseDN. This method is especially helpful when the user DN is different from the username plus the baseDN. For the user bind, the bindDN is constructed as baseDN + append-with-baseDN, where append-with-baseDN has a default value of cn=$userid.
Note As an alternative to the bind method, you can establish LDAP authentication using the compare method, which compares the attribute values of a user entry at the server. For example, the user password attribute can be compared for authentication. The default password attribute type is userPassword.
Guidelines and Limitations for LDAP
LDAP has the following guidelines and limitations:
- You can configure a maximum of 64 LDAP servers on the Cisco MDS NX-OS device.
- Cisco MDS NX-OS supports only LDAP version 3.
- Cisco MDS NX-OS supports only these LDAP servers:
– OpenLDAP
– Microsoft Active Directory
- LDAP over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) supports only SSL version 3 and Transport Layer Security (TLS) Version 1.0, Version 1.1, and Version 1.2.
- If you have a user account configured on the local Cisco MDS NX-OS device that has the same name as a remote user account on an AAA server, the Cisco MDS NX-OS software applies the user roles for the local user account to the remote user, not the user roles configured on the AAA server.
- Cisco MDS NX-OS does not support TCP port 636 for LDAP over SSL. Instead, use the TCP port 389 for SSL.
- A Cisco MDS switch will assign a local role to remote users when LDAP uses remote authentication protocol, if all the following conditions are met:
– The remote username on the LDAP server has the same name as the local user on the Cisco MDS switch. (For example, “test” is the username on the AD server and “test” is the username created on the local Cisco MDS switch)
– The LDAP server is configured as AAA authentication on the Cisco MDS switch.
– The role assigned for the local user and the remote user is different.
Consider the following example where the LDAP server has the username "test" which is a member of the AD group "testgroup". The Cisco MDS switch has a role configured with the name "testgroup" which has certain permit roles assigned to it. This role is created in the Cisco MDS switch for remote users who login into switch using LDAP. The Cisco MDS switch also has a local username "test" and it has "network-admin" as the assigned role. The Cisco MDS switch is configured for AAA authentication and uses LDAP as an authentication protocol. In this scenario, if a user logs into the Cisco MDS switch using the username "test", the switch authenticates the user using LDAP authentication (it uses the password of the user "test" created on the AD server). But, it assigns the role "network-admin", which is assigned to the local user "test", and not the "testgroup" role that is assigned to the remote authenticated user.
Prerequisites for LDAP
LDAP has the following prerequisites:
- Obtain the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses or hostnames for the LDAP servers.
- Ensure that the Cisco NX-OS device is configured as an LDAP client of the AAA servers.
Default Settings
Table 7-2 lists the default settings for LDAP parameters.
Table 7-2 Default LDAP Parameter Settings
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LDAP |
Disabled |
LDAP authentication method |
First search and then bind |
LDAP authentication mechanism |
Plain |
Dead-interval time |
0 minutes |
Timeout interval |
5 seconds |
Idle timer interval |
60 minutes |
Periodic server monitoring username |
test |
Periodic server monitoring password |
Cisco |
Enabling LDAP
By default, the LDAP feature is disabled on the Cisco NX-OS device. You must explicitly enable the LDAP feature to access the configuration and verification commands for authentication.
To enable LDAP, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# |
Enters global configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# feature ldap |
Enables LDAP. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# exit switch# |
Exits configuration mode. |
Step 4 |
switch# copy running-config startup-config |
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration. |
Configuring LDAP Server Hosts
To access a remote LDAP server, you must configure the IP address or the hostname for the LDAP server on the Cisco NX-OS device. You can configure up to 64 LDAP servers.
Note By default, when you configure an LDAP server IP address or hostname on the Cisco NX-OS device, the LDAP server is added to the default LDAP server group. You can also add the LDAP server to another LDAP server group.
To configure LDAP server hosts, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# |
Enters global configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# ldap-server host 10.10.2.2 enable-ssl |
Specifies the IPv4 or IPv6 address or hostname for an LDAP server. The enable-ssl keyword ensures the integrity and confidentiality of the transferred data by causing the LDAP client to establish a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) session prior to sending the bind or search request. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# exit switch# |
Exits configuration mode. |
Step 4 |
switch# copy running-config startup-config |
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration. |
Configuring the RootDN for an LDAP Server
You can configure the root designated name (DN) for the LDAP server database. The rootDN is used to bind to the LDAP server to verify its state.
To configure the RootDN for an LDAP server, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# |
Enters global configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# ldap-server host 10.10.1.1 rootDN cn=manager,dc=acme,dc=com password Ur2Gd2BH timeout 60 |
Specifies the rootDN for the LDAP server database and the bind password for the root. Optionally specifies the TCP port to use for LDAP messages to the server. The range is from 1 to 65535, and the default TCP port is the global value or 389 if a global value is not configured. Also specifies the timeout interval for the server. The range is from 1 to 60 seconds, and the default timeout is the global value or 5 seconds if a global value is not configured. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# exit switch# |
Exits configuration mode. |
Step 4 |
switch# show ldap-server |
(Optional) Displays the LDAP server configuration. |
Step 5 |
switch# copy running-config startup-config |
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration. |
Configuring LDAP Server Groups
You can specify one or more remote AAA servers to authenticate users using server groups. All members of a group must be configured to use LDAP. The servers are tried in the same order in which you configure them.
You can configure these server groups at any time, but they take effect only when you apply them to an AAA service.
Starting from Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(1), Cisco MDS 9000 Series switches support group-based user roles. You can create a group on the LDAP servers and also create a group with the exact same name on the Cisco MDS switch and then add users to the group. The user role attribute is inherited by the user from the group that is configured. This can be accomplished using the Microsoft LDAP Server's built-in memberOf attribute. If you wish to use the memberOf attribute, ensure that you create a role name on the switch. The role name must be the same as the group name on the LDAP server.
Note ● A user can be part of only one group that is available on the switch.
- A user can be part of multiple groups, but only one group should be part of the switch role.
- A group name cannot have a space.
To configure the LDAP server groups, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# |
Enters global configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# aaa group server ldap LDAPServer1 switch(config-ldap)# |
Creates an LDAP server group and enters the LDAP server group configuration mode for that group. |
Step 3 |
switch(config-ldap)# server 10.10.2.2 |
Configures the LDAP server as a member of the LDAP server group. If the specified LDAP server is not found, configure it using the ldap-server host command and retry this command. |
Step 4 |
switch(config-ldap)# authentication compare password-attribute TyuL8r bind-first append-with-baseDN $userid |
(Optional) Performs LDAP authentication using the bind or compare method. The default LDAP authentication method is the bind method using first search and then bind. You can also perform LDAP authentication using "append-with-basedn" (bind then search) configuration. The DN provided by append-with-basedn command will override the default string appended with baseDN. |
Step 5 |
switch(config-ldap)# enable user-server-group |
(Optional) Enables group validation. The group name should be configured in the LDAP server. Users can login through public-key authentication only if the username is listed as a member of this configured group in the LDAP server. |
Step 6 |
switch(config-ldap)# enable Cert-DN-matc h |
(Optional) Enables users to login only if the user profile lists the subject-DN of the user certificate as authorized for login. |
Step 7 |
switch(config)# exit switch# |
Exits configuration mode. |
Step 8 |
switch# show ldap-server groups |
(Optional) Displays the LDAP server group configuration. |
Step 9 |
switch# show run ldap |
(Optional) Displays the LDAP configuration. |
Step 10 |
switch# copy running-config startup-config |
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration. |
Configuring the Global LDAP Timeout Interval
You can set a global timeout interval that determines how long the Cisco NX-OS device waits for responses from all LDAP servers before declaring a timeout failure.
To configure the global LDAP timeout interval, follow these steps:
Step 1 |
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# |
Enters global configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# ldap-server timeout 10 |
Specifies the timeout interval for LDAP servers. The default timeout interval is 5 seconds. The range is from 1 to 60 seconds. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# exit switch# |
Exits configuration mode. |
Step 4 |
switch# show ldap-server |
(Optional) Displays the LDAP server configuration. |
Step 5 |
switch# copy running-config startup-config |
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration. |
Configuring the Timeout Interval for an LDAP Server
You can set a timeout interval that determines how long the Cisco NX-OS device waits for responses from an LDAP server before declaring a timeout failure.
To configure the timeout interval for an LDAP server, follow these steps:
Step 1 |
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# |
Enters global configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# ldap-server host server1 timeout 10 |
Specifies the timeout interval for a specific server. The default is the global value. Note The timeout interval value specified for an LDAP server overrides the global timeout interval value specified for all LDAP servers. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# exit switch# |
Exits configuration mode. |
Step 4 |
switch# show ldap-server |
(Optional) Displays the LDAP server configuration. |
Step 5 |
switch# copy running-config startup-config |
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration. |
Configuring the Global LDAP Server Port
You can configure a global LDAP server port through which clients initiate TCP connections. By default, Cisco NX-OS devices use port 389 for all LDAP requests.
To configure the global LDAP server port, follow these steps:
Step 1 |
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# |
Enters global configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# ldap-server port 2 |
Specifies the global TCP port to use for LDAP messages to the server. The default TCP port is 389. The range is from 1 to 65535. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# exit switch# |
Exits configuration mode. |
Step 4 |
switch# show ldap-server |
(Optional) Displays the LDAP server configuration. |
Step 5 |
switch# copy running-config startup-config |
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration. |
Configuring TCP Ports
You can configure another TCP port for the LDAP servers if there are conflicts with another application. By default, Cisco NX-OS devices use port 389 for all LDAP requests.
To configure the TCP ports, follow these steps:
Step 1 |
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# |
Enters global configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# ldap-server host 10.10.1.1 port 200 timeout 5 |
Specifies the TCP port to use for LDAP messages to the server. The default TCP port is 389. The range is from 1 to 65535. Optionally specifies the timeout interval for the server. The range is from 1 to 60 seconds, and the default timeout is the global value or 5 seconds if a global value is not configured. Note The timeout interval value specified for an LDAP server overrides the global timeout interval value specified for all LDAP servers. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# exit switch# |
Exits configuration mode. |
Step 4 |
switch# show ldap-server |
(Optional) Displays the LDAP server configuration. |
Step 5 |
switch# copy running-config startup-config |
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration. |
Configuring LDAP Search Maps
You can configure LDAP search maps to send a search query to the LDAP server. The server searches its database for data meeting the criteria specified in the search map.
To configure the LDAP search maps, follow these steps:
Step 1 |
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# |
Enters global configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# ldap search-map map1 switch(config-ldap-search-map)# |
Configures an LDAP search map. |
Step 3 |
Example 1: switch(config-ldap-search-map)# userprofile attribute-name description search-filter “(&(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(cn=$userid))” base-DN dc=acme,dc=com
switch(config-ldap-search-map)# userprofile attribute-name “memberOf” search-filter “(&(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(cn=$userid))” base-DN dc=acme,dc=com |
(Optional) Configures the attribute name, search filter, and base-DN for the user profile, trusted certificate, CRL, certificate DN match, public key match, or user-switchgroup lookup search operation. These values are used to send a search query to the LDAP server. Note The LDAP search filter string is limited to a maximum of 128 characters. Specifies the groups to which the user is a member of. |
Step 4 |
switch(config-ldap-search-map)# exit switch(config)# |
Exits LDAP search map configuration mode. |
Step 5 |
switch(config)# show ldap-search-map |
(Optional) Displays the configured LDAP search maps. |
Step 6 |
switch# copy running-config startup-config |
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration. |
Configuring the LDAP Dead-Time Interval
You can configure the dead-time interval for all LDAP servers. The dead-time interval specifies the time that the Cisco NX-OS device waits, after declaring that an LDAP server is dead, before sending out a test packet to determine if the server is now alive.
Note When the dead-time interval is 0 minutes, LDAP servers are not marked as dead even if they are not responding. You can configure the dead-time interval per group.
To configure the LDAP dead-time interval, follow these steps:
Step 1 |
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# |
Enters global configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# ldap-server deadtime 5 |
Configures the global dead-time interval. The default value is 0 minutes. The range is from 1 to 60 minutes. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# exit switch# |
Exits configuration mode. |
Step 4 |
switch# show ldap-server |
(Optional) Displays the LDAP server configuration. |
Step 5 |
switch# copy running-config startup-config |
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration. |
Configuring AAA Authorization on LDAP Servers
You can configure the default AAA authorization method for LDAP servers.
To configure the AAA authorization on LDAP servers, follow these steps:
Step 1 |
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# |
Enters global configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# aaa authorization ssh-certificate default group LDAPServer1 LDAPServer2 |
Configures the default AAA authorization method for the LDAP servers. The ssh-certificate keyword configures LDAP or local authorization with certificate authentication, and the ssh-publickey keyword configures LDAP or local authorization with the SSH public key. The default authorization is local authorization, which is the list of authorized commands for the user’s assigned role. The group-list argument consists of a space-delimited list of LDAP server group names. Servers that belong to this group are contacted for AAA authorization. The local method uses the local database for authorization. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# exit switch# |
Exits configuration mode. |
Step 4 |
switch(config)# show aaa authorization |
(Optional) Displays the AAA authorization configuration. The all keyword displays the default values. |
Step 5 |
switch(config)# copy running-config startup-config |
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration. |
Disabling LDAP
When you disable LDAP, all related configurations are automatically discarded.
To disable LDAP, follow these steps:
Step 1 |
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# |
Enters global configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# no feature ldap |
Disables LDAP. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# exit switch# |
Exits configuration mode. |
Step 4 |
switch# copy running-config startup-config |
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration. |
For detailed information about the fields in the output from this command, see the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference, Release 5.0(1a).
Configuration Examples for LDAP
The following example shows how to configure an LDAP server host and server group:
ldap-server host 10.10.2.2 enable-ssl
aaa group server ldap LdapServer
The following example shows how to configure an LDAP search map:
userprofile attribute-name description search-filter (&(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(cn=$userid)) base-DN dc=acme,dc=com
The following example shows how to configure AAA authorization with certificate authentication for an LDAP server:
aaa authorization ssh-certificate default group LDAPServer1 LDAPServer2
Configuring RADIUS Server Monitoring Parameters
Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches can use the RADIUS protocol to communicate with remote AAA servers. You can configure multiple RADIUS servers and server groups and set timeout and retry counts.
RADIUS is a distributed client/server protocol that secures networks against unauthorized access. In the Cisco implementation, RADIUS clients run on Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches and send authentication requests to a central RADIUS server that contains all user authentication and network service access information.
This section defines the RADIUS operation, identifies its network environments, and describes its configuration possibilities.
This section includes the following topics:
About RADIUS Server Default Configuration
Fabric Manager allows you to set up a default configuration that can be used for any RADIUS server that you configure the switch to communicate with. The default configuration includes:
- Encryption type
- Timeout value
- Number of retransmission attempts
- Allowing the user to specify a RADIUS server at login
Setting the RADIUS Server Address
You can add up to 64 RADIUS servers. RADIUS keys are always stored in encrypted form in persistent storage. The running configuration also displays encrypted keys.
To specify the host RADIUS server IPv4 address and other options, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# radius-server host 10.10.0.0 key HostKey |
Specifies the preshared key for the selected RADIUS server. This key overrides the key assigned using the radius-server key command. In this example, the host is 10.10.0.0 and the key is HostKey. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# r adius-server host 10.10.0.0 auth-port 2003 |
Specifies the destination UDP port number to which the RADIUS authentication messages should be sent. In this example, the host is 10.10.0.0 and the authentication port is 2003. The default authentication port is 1812, and the valid range is 0 to 65366. |
Step 4 |
switch(config)# radius-server host 10.10.0.0 acct-port 2004 |
Specifies the destination UDP port number to which RADIUS accounting messages should be sent. The default accounting port is 1813, and the valid range is 0 to 65366. |
Step 5 |
switch(config)# radius-server host 10.10.0.0 accounting |
Specifies this server to be used only for accounting purposes. Note If neither the authentication nor the accounting options are specified, the server is used for both accounting and authentication purposes. |
Step 6 |
switch(config)# radius-server host 10.10.0.0 key 0 abcd |
Specifies a clear text key for the specified server. The key is restricted to 64 characters. |
switch(config)# radius-server host 10.10.0.0 key 4 da3Asda2ioyuoiuH |
Specifies an encrypted key for the specified server. The key is restricted to 64 characters. |
To specify the host RADIUS server IPv6 address and other options, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# radius-server host 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A Key HostKey |
Specifies the preshared key for the selected RADIUS server. This key overrides the key assigned using the radius-server key command. In this example, the host is 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A and the key is HostKey. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# radius-server host 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A auth-port 2003 |
Specifies the destination UDP port number to which the RADIUS authentication messages should be sent. In this example, the host is 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A and the authentication port is 2003. The default authentication port is 1812, and the valid range is 0 to 65366. |
Step 4 |
switch(config)# radius-server host 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A acct-port 2004 |
Specifies the destination UDP port number to which RADIUS accounting messages should be sent. The default accounting port is 1813, and the valid range is 0 to 65366. |
Step 5 |
switch(config)# radius-server host 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A accounting |
Specifies this server to be used only for accounting purposes. Note If neither the authentication nor the accounting options are specified, the server is used for both accounting and authentication purposes. |
Step 6 |
switch(config)# radius-server host 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A key 0 abcd |
Specifies a clear text key for the specified server. The key is restricted to 64 characters. |
switch(config)# radius-server host 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A key 4 da3Asda2ioyuoiuH |
Specifies an encrypted key for the specified server. The key is restricted to 64 characters. |
To specify the host RADIUS server DNS name and other options, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# radius-server host radius2 key HostKey |
Specifies the preshared key for the selected RADIUS server. This key overrides the key assigned using the radius-server key command. In this example, the host is radius2 and the key is HostKey. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# r adius-server host radius2 auth-port 2003 |
Specifies the destination UDP port number to which the RADIUS authentication messages should be sent. In this example, the host is radius2 and the authentication port is 2003. The default authentication port is 1812, and the valid range is 0 to 65366. |
Step 4 |
switch(config)# radius-server host radius2 acct-port 2004 |
Specifies the destination UDP port number to which RADIUS accounting messages should be sent. The default accounting port is 1813, and the valid range is 0 to 65366. |
Step 5 |
switch(config)# radius-server host radius2 accounting |
Specifies this server to be used only for accounting purposes. Note If neither the authentication nor the accounting options are specified, the server is used for both accounting and authentication purposes. |
Step 6 |
switch(config)# radius-server host radius2 key 0 abcd |
Specifies a clear text key for the specified server. The key is restricted to 64 characters. |
switch(config)# radius-server host radius2 key 4 da3Asda2ioyuoiuH |
Specifies an encrypted key for the specified server. The key is restricted to 64 characters. |
About the Default RADIUS Server Encryption Type and Preshared Key
You need to configure the RADIUS preshared key to authenticate the switch to the RADIUS server. The length of the key is restricted to 64 characters and can include any printable ASCII characters (white spaces are not allowed). You can configure a global key to be used for all RADIUS server configurations on the switch.
You can override this global key assignment by explicitly using the key option when configuring an individual RADIUS server in the radius-server host command.
Configuring the Default RADIUS Server Encryption Type and Preshared Key
To configure the RADIUS preshared key, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
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Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# radius-server key AnyWord |
Configures a preshared key (AnyWord) to authenticate communication between the RADIUS client and server. The default is clear text. |
switch(config)# radius-server key 0 AnyWord |
Configures a preshared key (AnyWord) specified in clear text (indicated by 0) to authenticate communication between the RADIUS client and server. |
switch(config)# radius-server key 7 abe4DFeeweo00o |
Configures a preshared key (specified in encrypted text) specified in encrypted text (indicated by 7) to authenticate communication between the RADIUS client and server. |
To configure the default RADIUS server encryption type and preshared key using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security > AAA, and then select RADIUS.
You see the RADIUS configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the Defaults tab.
You see the RADIUS default settings as shown in Figure 7-3.
Figure 7-3 RADIUS Default Settings
Step 3 Select plain or encrypted from the AuthType drop-down menu.
Step 4 Set the key in the Auth Key field.
Step 5 Click the Apply Changes icon to save the changes.
Setting the RADIUS Server Timeout Interval
You can configure a global timeout value between transmissions for all RADIUS servers.
Note If timeout values are configured for individual servers, those values override the globally configured values.
To specify the timeout values between retransmissions to the RADIUS servers, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# radius-server timeout 30 |
Configures the global timeout period in seconds for the switch to wait for a response from all RADIUS+ servers before the switch declares a timeout failure. The time ranges from 1 to 1440 seconds. |
switch(config)# no radius-server timeout 30 |
Reverts the transmission time to the default value (1 second). |
Setting the Default RADIUS Server Timeout Interval and Retransmits
By default, a switch retries transmission to a RADIUS server only once before reverting to local authentication. You can increase this number up to a maximum of five retries per server. You can also configure the timeout value for the RADIUS server.
To specify the number of times that RADIUS servers should try to authenticate a user, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# radius-server retransmit 3 |
Configures the number of times (3) the switch tries to connect to a RADIUS server(s) before reverting to local authentication. |
switch(config)# no radius-server retransmit |
Reverts to the default retry count (1). |
To configure the number of retransmissions and the time between retransmissions to the RADIUS servers using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security > AAA and then select RADIUS.
You see the RADIUS configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Choose the Defaults tab.
You see the RADIUS default settings.
Step 3 Fill in the Timeout and Retransmits fields for authentication attempts.
Step 4 Click the Apply Changes icon to save the changes.
Configuring RADIUS Server Monitoring Parameters
You can configure parameters for monitoring RADIUS servers. You can configure this option to test the server periodically, or you can run a one-time only test.
This section includes the following topics:
Configuring the Test Idle Timer
The test idle timer specifies the interval during which a RADIUS server receives no requests before the MDS switch sends out a test packet.
Note The default idle timer value is 0 minutes. When the idle time interval is 0 minutes, periodic RADIUS server monitoring is not performed.
To configure the idle timer, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# radius-server host 10.1.1.1 test idle-time 20 |
Configures the test idle time interval value in minutes. The valid range is 1 to 1440 minutes. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# no radius-server host 10.1.1.1 test idle-time 20 |
Reverts to the default value (0 minutes). |
Configuring Test User Name
You can configure a username and password for periodic RADIUS server status testing. You do not need to configure the test username and password to issue test messages to monitor RADIUS servers. You can use the default test username (test) and default password (test).
Note We recommend that the test username not be the same as an existing username in the RADIUS database for security reasons.
To configure the optional username and password for periodic RADIUS server status testing, follow these steps:
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switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# radius-server host 10.1.1.1 test username testuser |
Configures the test user (testuser) with the default password (test). The default user name is test. |
switch(config)# no radius-server host 10.1.1.1 test username testuser |
Removes the test user name (testuser). |
switch(config)# radius-server host 10.1.1.1 test username testuser password Ur2Gd2BH |
Configures the test user (testuser) and assigns a strong password. |
Configuring the Dead Timer
The dead timer specifies the interval that the MDS switch waits, after declaring that a RADIUS server is dead, before sending out a test packet to determine if the server is now alive.
Note The default dead timer value is 0 minutes. When the dead timer interval is 0 minutes, RADIUS server monitoring is not performed unless the RADIUS server is part of a server group and the dead-time interval for the group is greater than 0 minutes. (See the “Server Groups” section).
Note If the dead timer of a dead RADIUS server expires before it is sent a RADIUS test message, that server is marked as alive again even if it is still not responding. To avoid this scenario, configure a test user with a shorter idle time than the dead timer time.
To configure the dead timer, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# radius-server deadtime 30 |
Configures the dead timer interval value in minutes. The valid range is 1 to 1440 minutes. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# no radius-server deadtime 30 |
Reverts to the default value (0 minutes). |
About RADIUS Servers
You can add up to 64 RADIUS servers. RADIUS keys are always stored in encrypted form in persistent storage. The running configuration also displays encrypted keys. When you configure a new RADIUS server, you can use the default configuration or modify any of the parameters to override the default RADIUS configuration.
Configuring a RADIUS Server
To configure a RADIUS server and all its options using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security > AAA, and then select RADIUS.
You see the RADIUS configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the Servers tab.
You see any existing RADIUS servers.
Step 3 Click Create Row to add a new RADIUS server.
You see the Create RADIUS Server dialog box shown in Figure 7-4.
Figure 7-4 Create RADIUS Server
Step 4 Select the switches that you want to assign as RADIUS servers.
Step 5 Assign an index number to identify the RADIUS server.
Step 6 Select the IP address type for the RADIUS server.
Step 7 Fill in the IP address or name for the RADIUS server.
Step 8 (Optional) Modify the authentication and accounting ports used by this RADIUS server.
Step 9 Select the appropriate key type for the RADIUS server.
Step 10 Select the TimeOut value in seconds. The valid range is 0 to 60 seconds.
Step 11 Select the number of times the switch tries to connect to a RADIUS server(s) before reverting to local authentication.
Step 12 Enter the test idle time interval value in minutes. The valid range is 1 to 1440 minutes.
Step 13 Enter the test user with the default password. The default username is test.
Step 14 Click Create to save these changes.
Configuring the Test Idle Timer
The test idle timer specifies the interval during which a RADIUS server receives no requests before the MDS switch sends out a test packet.
Note The default idle timer value is 0 minutes. When the idle time interval is 0 minutes, periodic RADIUS server monitoring is not performed.
To configure the test idle timer, see Configuring RADIUS Server Monitoring Parameters.
Configuring Test User Name
You can configure a username and password for periodic RADIUS server status testing. You do not need to configure the test username and password to issue test messages to monitor RADIUS servers. You can use the default test username (test) and default password (test).
Note We recommend that the test username not be the same as an existing username in the RADIUS database for security reasons.
To configure the optional username and password for periodic RADIUS server status testing, see Configuring RADIUS Server Monitoring Parameters.
About Validating a RADIUS Server
As of Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(1), you can periodically validate a RADIUS server. The switch sends a test authentication to the server using the username and password that you configure. If the server does not respond to the test authentication, then the server is considered non responding.
Note For security reasons we recommend that you do not use a username that is configured on your RADIUS server as a test username.
You can configure this option to test the server periodically, or you can run a one-time only test.
Periodically Validating a RADIUS Server
To configure the switch to periodically test a RADIUS server using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security > AAA, and then select RADIUS.
You see the RADIUS configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the Servers tab.
You see any existing RADIUS servers.
Step 3 Click Create Row to add a new RADIUS server.
You see the Create RADIUS Server dialog box (see Figure 7-4).
Step 4 Fill in the IP address.
Step 5 Modify the authentication and accounting ports used by this RADIUS server.
Step 6 Fill in the TestUser field and, optionally, the TestPassword field. The default password for the test is Cisco.
Step 7 Set the IdleTime field for the time that the server is idle before you send a test authentication.
Step 8 Click Create to save these changes.
Displaying RADIUS Server Statistics
To display RADIUS server statistics using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security > AAA, and then select RADIUS.
You see the RADIUS configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the Statistics tab.
You see the RADIUS server statistics.
Sending RADIUS Test Messages for Monitoring
You can manually send test messages to monitor a RADIUS server.
To send the test message to the RADIUS server, follow this step:
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switch# test aaa server radius 10.10.1.1 test test |
Sends a test message to a RADIUS server using the default username (test) and password (test). |
switch# test aaa server radius 10.10.1.1 testuser Ur2Gd2BH |
Sends a test message to a RADIUS server using a configured test username (testuser) and password (Ur2Gd2BH). Note A configured username and password is optional (see the “Configuring Test User Name” section). |
Allowing Users to Specify a RADIUS Server at Login
By default, an MDS switch forwards an authentication request to the first server in the RADIUS server group. You can configure the switch to allow the user to specify which RADIUS server to send the authenticate request by enabling the directed request option. If you enable this option, the user can log in as username@hostname, where the hostname is the name of a configured RADIUS server.
Note User specified logins are supported only for Telnet sessions.
To allow users logging into an MDS switch to select a RADIUS server for authentication, follow these steps:
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switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
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switch(config)# radius-server directed-request |
Allows users to specify a RADIUS server to send the authentication request when logging in. |
switch(config)# no radius-server directed-request |
Reverts to sending the authentication request to the first server in the server group (default). |
You can use the show tacacs-server directed-request command to display the RADIUS directed request configuration.
switch# show radius-server directed-request
To allow users logging into an MDS switch to select a RADIUS server for authentication using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security > AAA, and then select RADIUS.
You see the RADIUS configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the Defaults tab.
You see the RADIUS default settings.
Step 3 Check the DirectedReq check box for the RADIUS server.
Step 4 Click the Apply Changes icon to save the changes.
About Vendor-Specific Attributes
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) draft standard specifies a method for communicating vendor-specific attributes (VSAs) between the network access server and the RADIUS server. The IETF uses attribute 26. VSAs allow vendors to support their own extended attributes that are not suitable for general use. The Cisco RADIUS implementation supports one vendor-specific option using the format recommended in the specification. The Cisco vendor ID is 9, and the supported option is vendor type 1, which is named cisco-avpair. The value is a string with the following format:
protocol : attribute separator value *
Where protocol is a Cisco attribute for a particular type of authorization, separator is =
(equal sign) for mandatory attributes, and *
(asterisk) is for optional attributes.
When you use RADIUS servers to authenticate yourself to a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch, the RADIUS protocol directs the RADIUS server to return user attributes, such as authorization information, along with authentication results. This authorization information is specified through VSAs.
VSA Format
The following VSA protocol options are supported by the Cisco NX-OS software:
- Shell protocol—Used in Access-Accept packets to provide user profile information.
- Accounting protocol—Used in Accounting-Request packets. If a value contains any white spaces, it should be put within double quotation marks.
The following attributes are supported by the Cisco NX-OS software:
- roles —This attribute lists all the roles to which the user belongs. The value field is a string storing the list of group names delimited by white space. For example, if you belong to roles vsan-admin and storage-admin, the value field would be “ vsan-admin storage-admin”. This subattribute is sent in the VSA portion of the Access-Accept frames from the RADIUS server, and it can only be used with the shell protocol value. These are two examples using the roles attribute:
shell:roles=“network-admin vsan-admin”
shell:roles*“network-admin vsan-admin”
When an VSA is specified as shell:roles*“network-admin vsan-admin”, this VSA is flagged as an optional attribute, and other Cisco devices ignore this attribute.
- accountinginfo —This attribute stores additional accounting information besides the attributes covered by a standard RADIUS accounting protocol. This attribute is only sent in the VSA portion of the Account-Request frames from the RADIUS client on the switch, and it can only be used with the accounting protocol-related PDUs.
Specifying SNMPv3 on AAA Servers
The vendor/custom attribute cisco-av-pair can be used to specify user’s role mapping using the format:
shell:roles="roleA roleB …"
Note When you log in to a Cisco MDS switch successfully using the Fabric Manager or Device Manager through Telnet or SSH and if that switch is configured for AAA server-based authentication, a temporary SNMP user entry is automatically created with an expiry time of one day. The switch authenticates the SNMPv3 protocol data units (PDUs) with your Telnet or SSH login name as the SNMPv3 user. The management station can temporarily use the Telnet or SSH login name as the SNMPv3 auth and priv passphrase. This temporary SNMP login is only allowed if you have one or more active MDS shell sessions. If you do not have an active session at any given time, your login is deleted and you will not be allowed to perform SNMPv3 operations.
If the role option in the cisco-av-pair attribute is not set, the default user role is network-operator.
The VSA format optionally specifies your SNMPv3 authentication and privacy protocol attributes also as follows:
shell:roles="roleA roleB..." snmpv3:auth=SHA priv=AES-128
The SNMPv3 authentication protocol options are SHA and MD5. The privacy protocol options are AES-128 and DES. If these options are not specified in the cisco-av-pair attribute on the ACS server, MD5 and DES are used by default.
Displaying RADIUS Server Details
Use the show radius-server command to display configured RADIUS parameters as shown in Example 7-4.
Example 7-4 Displays Configured RADIUS Information
switch# show radius-server
Global RADIUS shared secret:*******
following RADIUS servers are configured:
myradius.cisco.users.com:
available for authentication on port:1812
available for accounting on port:1813
available for authentication on port:1812
available for accounting on port:1813
RADIUS shared secret:******
available for authentication on port:1812
available for accounting on port:1813
RADIUS shared secret:******
Example 7-5 Displays Configured RADIUS Server-Group Order
switch# show radius-server groups
following RADIUS server groups are configured:
server: all configured radius servers
server: Server3 on auth-port 1812, acct-port 1813
server: Server5 on auth-port 1812, acct-port 1813
Displaying RADIUS Server Statistics
You can display RADIUS server statistics using the show radius-server statistics command.
Example 7-6 Displays RADIUS Server Statistics
switch# show radius-server statistics 10.1.3.2
Authentication Statistics
sucessful transactions: 0
responses with no matching requests: 0
responses not processed: 0
responses containing errors: 0
successful transactions: 0
responses with no matching requests: 0
responses not processed: 0
responses containing errors:
You can clear RADIUS server statistics using the clear radius-server statistics 10.1.3.2 command.
Configuring TACACS+ Server Monitoring Parameters
A Cisco MDS switch uses the Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus (TACACS+) protocol to communicate with remote AAA servers. You can configure multiple TACACS+ servers and set timeout values.
This section includes the following topics:
About TACACS+
TACACS+ is a client/server protocol that uses TCP (TCP port 49) for transport requirements. All switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family provide centralized authentication using the TACACS+ protocol. The TACACS+ has the following advantages over RADIUS authentication:
- Provides independent, modular AAA facilities. Authorization can be done without authentication.
- Uses the TCP transport protocol to send data between the AAA client and server, making reliable transfers with a connection-oriented protocol.
- Encrypts the entire protocol payload between the switch and the AAA server to ensure higher data confidentiality. The RADIUS protocol only encrypts passwords.
About TACACS+ Server Default Configuration
Fabric Manager allows you to set up a default configuration that can be used for any TACACS+ server that you configure the switch to communicate with. The default configuration includes:
- Encryption type
- Preshared key
- Timeout value
- Number of retransmission attempts
- Allowing the user to specify a TACACS+ server at login
About the Default TACACS+ Server Encryption Type and Preshared Key
You need to configure the TACACS+ preshared key to authenticate the switch to the TACACS+ server. The length of the key is restricted to 64 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 switch.
You can override this global key assignment by explicitly using the key option when configuring and individual TACACS+ server.
Enabling TACACS+
By default, the TACACS+ feature is disabled in all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. You must explicitly enable the TACACS+ feature to access the configuration and verification commands for fabric authentication. When you disable this feature, all related configurations are automatically discarded.
To enable TACACS+ for a Cisco MDS switch, follow these steps:
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switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# feature tacacs+ |
Enables the TACACS+ in this switch. |
switch(config)# no feature tacacs+ |
Disables (default) the TACACS+ in this switch. |
Setting the Default TACACS+ Server Encryption Type and Preshared Key
To configure the default TACACS+ server encryption type and preshared key using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security > AAA, and then select TACACS+.
You see the TACACS+ configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 If the Defaults tab is dimmed, click the CFS tab.
Step 3 Click the Defaults tab.
You see the TACACS+ default settings.
Step 4 Select plain or encrypted from the AuthType drop-down menu and set the key in the Auth Key field.
Step 5 Click the Apply Changes icon to save the changes.
Setting the TACACS+ Server Address
If a secret key is not configured for a configured server, a warning message is issued if a global key is not configured. If a server key is not configured, the global key (if configured) is used for that server (see the “Setting the Default TACACS+ Server Timeout Interval and Retransmits” section).
Note You can use the dollar sign ($) and the percent sign (%) in global secret keys.
To configure the TACACS+ server IPv4 address and other options, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server host 171.71.58.91 |
Configures the TACACS+ server identified by the specified IPv4 address. |
switch(config)# no tacacs-server host 171.71.58.91 |
Deletes the specified TACACS+ server identified by the IPv4 address. By default, no server is configured. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server host 171.71.58.91 port 2 |
Configures the TCP port for all TACACS+ requests. |
switch(config)# no tacacs-server host 171.71.58.91 port 2 |
Reverts to the factory default of using port 49 for server access. |
Step 4 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server host 171.71.58.91 key MyKey |
Configures the TACACS+ server identified by the specified domain name and assigns the secret key. |
Step 5 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server host 171.71.58.91 timeout 25 |
Configures the timeout period for the switch to wait for a response from the specified server before it declares a timeout failure. |
To configure the TACACS+ server IPv6 address and other options, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server host 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A warning: no key is configured for the host |
Configures the TACACS+ server identified by the specified IPv6 address. |
switch(config)# no tacacs-server host 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A |
Deletes the specified TACACS+ server identified by the IPv6 address. By default, no server is configured. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server host 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A port 2 |
Configures the TCP port for all TACACS+ requests. |
switch(config)# no tacacs-server host 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A port 2 |
Reverts to the factory default of using port 49 for server access. |
Step 4 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server host 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A key MyKey |
Configures the TACACS+ server identified by the specified domain name and assigns the secret key. |
Step 5 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server host 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A timeout 25 |
Configures the timeout period for the switch to wait for a response from the specified server before it declares a timeout failure. |
To configure the TACACS+ server DNS name and other options, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server host host1.cisco.com warning: no key is configured for the host |
Configures the TACACS+ server identified by the specified DNS name. |
switch(config)# no tacacs-server host host1.cisco.com |
Deletes the specified TACACS+ server identified by the DNS name. By default, no server is configured. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server host host1.cisco.com port 2 |
Configures the TCP port for all TACACS+ requests. |
switch(config)# no tacacs-server host host1.cisco.com port 2 |
Reverts to the factory default of using port 49 for server access. |
Step 4 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server host host1.cisco.com key MyKey |
Configures the TACACS+ server identified by the specified domain name and assigns the secret key. |
Step 5 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server host host1.cisco.com timeout 25 |
Configures the timeout period for the switch to wait for a response from the specified server before it declares a timeout failure. |
Setting the Global Secret Key
You can configure global values for the secret key for all TACACS+ servers.
Note If secret keys are configured for individual servers, those keys override the globally configured key.
Note You can use the dollar sign ($) and the percent sign (%) in global secret keys.
To set the secret key for TACACS+ servers, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server key 7 3sdaA3daKUngd |
Assigns the global secret key (in encrypted format) to access the TACACS+ server. This example specifies 7 to indicate the encrypted format being used. If this global key and the individual server keys are not configured, clear text messages are sent to the TACACS+ server(s). |
switch(config)# no tacacs-server key oldPword |
Deletes the configured global secret key to access the TACACS+ server and reverts to the factory default of allowing access to all configured servers. |
Setting the Default TACACS+ Server Timeout Interval and Retransmits
By default, a switch retries a TACACS+ server only once. This number can be configured. The maximum is five retries per server. You can also configure the timeout value for the TACACS+ server.
To configure the number of retransmissions and the time between retransmissions to the TACACS+ servers using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security > AAA, and then select TACACS+.
You see the TACACS+ configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the Defaults tab. (If the Defaults tab is disabled, click the CFS tab first).
You see the TACACS+ default settings.
Step 3 Supply values for the Timeout and Retransmits fields for authentication attempts.
Step 4 Click the Apply Changes icon to save the changes.
Setting the Timeout Value
You can configure a global timeout value between transmissions for all TACACS+ servers.
Note If timeout values are configured for individual servers, those values override the globally configured values.
To set the global timeout value for TACACS+ servers, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server timeout 30 |
Configures the global timeout period in seconds for the switch to wait for a response from all TACACS+ servers before the switch declares a timeout failure. The time ranges from 1 to 1440 seconds. |
switch(config)# no tacacs-server timeout 30 |
Deletes the configured timeout period and reverts to the factory default of 5 seconds. |
About TACACS+ Servers
By default, the TACACS+ feature is disabled in all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. Fabric Manager or Device Manager enables the TACACS+ feature automatically when you configure a TACACS+ server.
If a secret key is not configured for a configured server, a warning message is issued if a global key is not configured. If a server key is not configured, the global key (if configured) is used for that server.
Note Prior to Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(2), you can use the dollar sign ($) in the key but the key must be enclosed in double quotes, for example “k$”. The percent sign (%) is not allowed. In Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(2) and later, you can use the dollar sign ($) without double quotes and the percent sign (%) in global secret keys.
You can configure global values for the secret key for all TACACS+ servers.
Note If secret keys are configured for individual servers, those keys override the globally configured key.
Configuring a TACACS+ Server
To configure a TACACS+ server and all its options using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security > AAA, and then select TACACS+.
You see the TACACS+ configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the Servers tab.
You see any existing TACACS+ servers.
Step 3 Click Create Row to add a new TACACS+ server.
You see the Create TACACS+ Server dialog box as shown in Figure 7-5.
Figure 7-5 Create TACACS+ Server Dialog Box
Step 4 Select the switches that you want to assign as TACACS servers.
Step 5 Assign an index number to identify the TACACS server.
Step 6 Select the IP address type for the TACACS server.
Step 7 Fill in the IP address or name for the TACACS server.
Step 8 Modify the authentication and accounting ports used by this TACACS server.
Step 9 Select the appropriate key type for the TACACS server.
Step 10 Select the TimeOut value in seconds. The valid range is 0 to 60 seconds.
Step 11 Select the number of times the switch tries to connect to a TACACS server(s) before reverting to local authentication.
Step 12 Enter the test idle time interval value in minutes. The valid range is 1 to 1440 minutes.
Step 13 Enter the test user with the default password. The default username is test.
Step 14 Click Create to save these changes.
Configuring TACACS+ Server Monitoring Parameters
You can configure parameters for monitoring TACACS+ servers.
This section includes the following topics:
Configuring the TACACS+ Test Idle Timer
The test idle timer specifies the interval during which a TACACS+ server receives no requests before the MDS switch sends out a test packet.
Note The default idle timer value is 0 minutes. When the idle time interval is 0 minutes, periodic TACACS+ server monitoring is not performed.
To configure the idle timer, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server host 10.1.1.1 test idle-time 20 |
Configures the test idle time interval value in minutes. The valid range is 1 to 1440 minutes. |
Step 3 |
switch(config)# no tacacs-server host 10.1.1.1 test idle-time 20 |
Reverts to the default value (0 minutes). |
Configuring Test Username
You can configure a username and password for periodic TACACS+ server status testing. You do not need to configure the user name and password to monitor TACACS+ servers. You can use the default test username (test) and default password (test).
To configure the optional username and password for periodic TACACS+ server status testing, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server host 10.1.1.1 test username testuser |
Configures the test user (testuser) with the default password (test). The default username is test. |
switch(config)# no tacacs-server host 10.1.1.1 test username testuser |
Removes the test user (testuser). |
switch(config)# tacacs-server host 10.1.1.1 test username testuser password Ur2Gd2BH |
Configures the test user (testuser) and assigns a strong password. |
Configuring the Dead Timer
The dead timer specifies the interval that the MDS switch waits, after declaring a TACACS+ server is dead, before sending out a test packet to determine if the server is now alive.
Note The default dead timer value is 0 minutes. TACACS+ server monitoring is not performed if the dead timer interval is 0 minutes, unless the TACACS+ server is a part of a bigger group with the dead-time interval greater than 0 minutes. (See “Configuring RADIUS Server Monitoring Parameters” section).
Note If the dead timer of a dead TACACS+ server expires before it is sent a TACACS+ test message, that server is marked as alive again even if it is still not responding. To avoid this scenario, configure a test user with a shorter idle time than the dead timer time.
To configure the dead timer, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server deadtime 30 |
Configures the dead-time interval value in minutes. The valid range is 1 to 1440 minutes. |
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switch(config)# no tacacs-server deadtime 30 |
Reverts to the default value (0 minutes). Note 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. (See the “Configuring RADIUS Server Monitoring Parameters” section). |
Sending TACACS+ Test Messages for Monitoring
You can manually send test messages to monitor a TACACS+ server.
To send the test message to the TACACS+ server, follow these steps:
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switch# test aaa server tacacs+ 10.10.1.1 test |
Sends a test message to a TACACS+ server using the default username (test) and password (test). |
switch# test aaa server tacacs+ 10.10.1.1 testuser Ur2Gd2BH |
Sends a test message to a TACACS+ server using a configured test username and password. A configured username and password is optional (see the “Configuring Test Username” section). |
Password Aging Notification through TACACS+ Server
Password aging notification is initiated when the user authenticates to a Cisco MDS 9000 switch via a TACACS+ account. The user is notified when a password is about to expire or has expired. If the password has expired, user is prompted to change the password.
Note As of Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.2(1), only TACACS+ supports password aging notification. If you try to use RADIUS servers by enabling this feature, RADIUSs will generate a SYSLOG message and authentication will fall back to the local database.
Password aging notification facilitates the following:
- Password change—You can change your password by entering a blank password.
- Password aging notification—Notifies password aging. Notification happens only if the AAA server is configured and MSCHAP and MSCHAPv2 is disabled.
- Password change after expiration—Initiates password change after the old password expires. Initiation happens from the AAA server.
Note Password aging notification fails if you do not disable MSCHAP and MSCHAPv2 authentication.
To enable the password aging option in the AAA server, enter the following command:
aaa authentication login ascii-authentication
To determine whether or not password aging notification is enabled or disabled in the AAA server, enter the following command:
show aaa authentication login ascii-authentication
About Validating a TACACS+ Server
As of Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(1), you can periodically validate a TACACS+ server. The switch sends a test authentication to the server using the test username and test password that you configure. If the server does not respond to the test authentication, then the server is considered nonresponding.
Note We recommend that you do not configure the test user on your TACACS+ server for security reasons.
You can configure this option to test the server periodically, or you can run a one-time only test.
Displaying TACACS+ Server Statistics
To display TACACS+ server statistics using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security > AAA, and then select TACACS+.
You see the TACACS+ configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Choose the Statistics tab.
You see the TACACS+ server statistics.
About Users Specifying a TACACS+ Server at Login
By default, an MDS switch forwards an authentication request to the first server in the TACACS+ server group. You can configure the switch to allow the user to specify which TACACS+ server to send the authenticate request. If you enable this feature, the user can log in as username@hostname, where the hostname is the name of a configured TACACS+ server.
Note User specified logins are supported only for Telnet sessions
Allowing Users to Specify a TACACS+ Server at Login
To allow users logging into an MDS switch to select a TACACS+ server for authentication, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# tacacs-server directed-request |
Allows users to specify a TACACS+ server to send the authentication request when logging in. |
switch(config)# no tacacs-server directed-request |
Reverts to sending the authentication request to the first server in the server group (default). |
You can use the show tacacs-server directed-request command to display the TACACS+ directed request configuration.
switch# show tacacs-server directed-request
Defining Roles on the Cisco Secure ACS 5.x GUI
Enter the following in the GUI under Policy Elements:
Table 7-3 Role Definitions
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shell:roles |
Optional |
network-admin |
To configure the switch to allow users to specify a TACACS+ server at login using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security > AAA, and then select TACACS+.
You see the TACACS+ configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the Defaults tab.
You see the TACACS+ default settings.
Step 3 Check the DirectedReq check box.
Step 4 Click the Apply Changes icon to save the changes.
Defining Custom Attributes for Roles
Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches use the TACACS+ custom attribute for service shells to configure roles to which a user belongs. TACACS+ attributes are specified in name=value format. The attribute name for this custom attribute is cisco-av-pair. The following example illustrates how to specify roles using this attribute:
cisco-av-pair=shell:roles=”network-admin vsan-admin”
You can also configure optional custom attributes to avoid conflicts with non-MDS Cisco switches using the same AAA servers.
cisco-av-pair*shell:roles="network-admin vsan-admin
"
Additional custom attribute shell:roles are also supported:
shell:roles="network-admin vsan-admin
"
or
shell:roles*"network-admin vsan-admin
”
Note TACACS+ custom attributes can be defined on an Access Control Server (ACS) for various services (for example, shell). Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches require the TACACS+ custom attribute for the service shell to be used for defining roles.
Supported TACACS+ Server Parameters
The Cisco NX-OS software currently supports the following parameters for the listed TACACS+ servers:
cisco-av-pair=shell:roles="network-admin"
shell:roles="network-admin"
shell:roles*"network-admin"
cisco-av-pair*shell:roles="network-admin"
cisco-av-pair*shell:roles*"network-admin"
cisco-av-pair=shell:roles*"network-admin"
cisco-av-pair*shell:roles="network-admin"
cisco-av-pair=shell:roles*"network-admin"
Displaying TACACS+ Server Details
Use the show aaa and show tacacs-server commands to display information about TACACS+ server configuration in all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family as shown in Examples 7-7 to 7-12 .
Example 7-7 Displays Configured TACACS+ Server Information
switch# show tacacs-server
Global TACACS+ shared secret:***********
total number of servers:3
following TACACS+ servers are configured:
TACACS+ shared secret:*****
Example 7-8 Displays AAA Authentication Information
switch# show aaa authentication
default: group TacServer local none
Example 7-9 Displays AAA Authentication Login Information
switch# show aaa authentication login error-enable
Example 7-10 Displays Configured TACACS+ Server Group s
switch# show tacacs-server groups
following TACACS+ server groups are configured:
server 171.71.58.91 on port 2
server ServerA on port 49
server ServerB on port 49:
Example 7-11 Displays All AAA Server Groups
Example 7-12 Displays TACACS+ Server Statistics
switch# show tacacs-server statistics 10.1.2.3
Authentication Statistics
successful transactions: 0
responses with no matching requests: 0
responses not processed: 0
responses containing errors: 0
sucessfull transactions: 0
responses with no matching requests: 0
responses not processed: 0
responses containing errors: 0
successful transactions: 0
responses with no matching requests: 0
responses not processed: 0
responses containing errors: 0
Clearing TACACS+ Server Statistics
You can clear all the TACACS+ server statistics using the clear tacacs-server statistics 10.1.2.3 command.
Configuring Server Groups
You can specify one or more remote AAA servers to authenticate users using server groups. All members of a group must belong to the same protocol, either RADIUS or TACACS+. The servers are tried in the same order in which you configure them.
The AAA server monitoring feature can mark an AAA server as dead. You can configure a period of time in minutes to elapse before the switch sends requests to a dead AAA server. (See the “AAA Server Monitoring” section).
This section includes the following topics:
About Configuring Server Groups
You can configure these server groups at any time but they only take effect when you apply them to an AAA service. You configure AAA policies for CLI users or Fabric Manager or Device Manager users.
To configure a RADIUS server group, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# aaa group server radius RadServer switch(config-radius)# |
Creates a server group named RadServer and enters the RADIUS server group configuration submode for that group. |
switch(config)# no aaa group server radius RadServer |
Deletes the server group called RadServer from the authentication list. |
Step 3 |
switch(config-radius)# server 10.71.58.91 |
Configures the RADIUS server at IPv4 address 10.71.58.91 to be tried first within the server group RadServer.
Tip If the specified RADIUS server is not found, configure it using the
radius-server host command and retry this command.
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switch(config-radius)# server 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A |
Configures the RADIUS server at IPv6 address 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A to be tried first within the server group RadServer. |
switch(config-radius)# no server 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A |
Removes the RADIUS server at IPv6 address 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A from the server group RadServer. |
Step 5 |
switch(config-radius)# exit |
Returns to configuration mode. |
Step 6 |
switch(config)# aaa group server radius RadiusServer switch(config-radius)# |
Creates a server group named RadiusServer and enters the RADIUS server group configuration submode for that group. |
Step 7 |
switch(config-radius)# server ServerA |
Configures ServerA to be tried first within the server group called the RadiusServer1.
Tip If the specified RADIUS server is not found, configure it using the
radius-server host command and retry this command.
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Step 8 |
switch(config-radius)# server ServerB |
Configures ServerB to be tried second within the server group RadiusServer1. |
Step 9 |
switch(config-radius)# deadtime 30 |
Configures the monitoring dead time to 30 minutes. The range is 0 through 1440. Note If the dead-time interval for an individual RADIUS server is greater than 0, that value takes precedence over the value set for the server group. |
switch(config-radius)# no deadtime 30 |
Reverts to the default value (0 minutes). Note If the dead-time interval for both the RADIUS server group and an individual TACACS+ server in the RADIUS server group is set to 0, the switch does not mark the RADIUS server as dead when it is found to be unresponsive by periodic monitoring. Also, the switch does not perform dead server monitoring for that RADIUS server. (See the “Configuring RADIUS Server Monitoring Parameters” section). |
To verify the configured server group order, use the show radius-server groups command:
switch# show radius-server groups
following RAIDUS server groups are configured:
server 10.71.58.91 on port 2
server ServerA on port 49
server ServerB on port 49:
To configure a TACACS+ server group, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# aaa group server tacacs+ TacacsServer1 switch(config-tacacs+)# |
Creates a server group named TacacsServer1 and enters the submode for that group. |
switch(config)# no aaa group server tacacs+ TacacsServer1 |
Deletes the server group called TacacsServer1 from the authentication list. |
Step 3 |
switch(config-tacacs+)# server ServerA |
Configures ServerA to be tried first within the server group called the TacacsServer1.
Tip If the specified TACACS+ server is not found, configure it using the
tacacs-server host command and retry this command.
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switch(config-tacacs+)# server ServerB |
Configures ServerB to be tried second within the server group TacacsServer1. |
switch(config-tacacs+)# no server ServerB |
Deletes ServerB within the TacacsServer1 list of servers. |
Step 5 |
switch(config-tacacs+)# deadtime 30 |
Configures the monitoring dead time to 30 minutes. The range is 0 through 1440. Note If the dead-time interval for an individual TACACS+ server is greater than 0, that value takes precedence over the value set for the server group. |
switch(config-tacacs+)# no deadtime 30 |
Reverts to the default value (0 minutes). Note If the dead-time interval for both the TACACS+ server group and an individual TACACS+ server in the TACACS+ server group is set to 0, the switch does not mark the TACACS+ server as dead when it is found to be unresponsive by periodic monitoring. Also, the switch does not perform dead server monitoring for that TACACS+ server. (See the Configuring TACACS+ Server Monitoring Parameters). |
Configuring Server Groups
To configure a RADIUS or TACACS+ server group using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security, and then select AAA.
You see the AAA configuration in the Information pane shown in Figure 7-6. If you do not see the screen in Figure 7-6, click the Server Groups tab.
You see the RADIUS or TACACS+ server groups configured.
Figure 7-6 AAA Server Groups
Step 2 Click Create Row to create a server group.
You see the Create Server dialog box.
Step 3 Click the radius radio button to add a RADIUS server group or the tacacs+ radio button to add a TACACS+ server group.
Step 4 Supply server names for the ServerIdList field.
Step 5 Set the DeadTime field for the number of minutes that a server can be nonresponsive before it is marked as bypassed. See the “About Bypassing a Nonresponsive Server” section.
Step 6 Click Create to create this server group.
Step 7 Click the Applications tab to assign this server group to an application (see Figure 7-7).
You can associate a server group with all applications or you can specify certain applications.
Figure 7-7 Applications Tab
Step 8 Click the General tab to assign the type of authentication to this server group (see Figure 3-8).
Check either the MSCHAP or MSCHAPv2 check box based on the type of server group.
Figure 7-8 General Tab
Step 9 Click the Apply Changes icon to save the changes.
Note Configuration of a TACACS+ group fails if MSCHPv2 authentication is not disabled.
About Bypassing a Nonresponsive Server
As of Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(1), you can bypass a nonresponsive AAA server within a server group. If the switch detects a nonresponsive server, it will bypass that server when authenticating users. Use this feature to minimize login delays caused by a faulty server. Instead of sending a request to a nonresponsive server and waiting for the authentication request to timeout, the switch sends the authentication request to the next server in the server group. If there are no other responding servers in the server group, the switch continues to attempt authentications against the nonresponsive server.
AAA Server Distribution
Configuration for RADIUS and TACACS+ AAA on an MDS switch can be distributed using the Cisco Fabric Services (CFS). The distribution is disabled by default (see the Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide and the Cisco Fabric Manager System Management Configuration Guide).
After enabling the distribution, the first server or global configuration starts an implicit session. All server configuration commands entered thereafter are stored in a temporary database and applied to all switches in the fabric (including the originating one) when you explicitly commit the database. The various server and global parameters are distributed, except the server and global keys. These keys are unique secrets to a switch and should not be shared with other switches.
Note Server group configurations are not distributed.
This section includes the following topics:
Note For an MDS switch to participate in AAA server configuration distribution, it must be running Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.0(1b) or later, or Cisco NX-OS Release 4.1(1).
Enabling AAA Server Distribution
Only switches where distribution is enabled can participate in the distribution activity.
To enable RADIUS server distribution, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# radius distribute |
Enables RADIUS configuration distribution in this switch. |
switch(config)# no radius distribute |
Disables RADIUS configuration distribution in this switch (default). |
To enable TACACS+ server distribution, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# tacacs+ distribute |
Enables TACACS+ configuration distribution in this switch. |
switch(config)# no tacacs+ distribute |
Disables TACACS+ configuration distribution in this switch (default). |
To enable RADIUS server distribution using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security > AAA, and then select RADIUS.
You see the RADIUS configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the CFS tab. You see the RADIUS CFS configuration.
Step 3 Choose enable from the Admin drop-down list for all switches that you want to enable CFS for RADIUS.
Step 4 Click Apply Changes to distribute these changes through the fabric.
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To enable TACACS+ server distribution using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security > AAA, and then select TACACS+.
You see the TACACS+ configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the CFS tab.
You see the TACACS+ CFS configuration.
Step 3 Choose enable from the Admin drop-down list for all switches that you want to enable CFS on for TACACS+.
Step 4 Click Apply Changes to distribute these changes through the fabric.
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Starting a Distribution Session on a Switch
A distribution session starts the moment you begin a RADIUS/TACACS+ server or global configuration. For example, the following tasks start an implicit session:
- Specifying the global timeout for RADIUS servers.
- Specifying the global timeout for TACACS+ servers.
Note After you issue the first configuration command related to AAA servers, all server and global configurations that are created (including the configuration that caused the distribution session start) are stored in a temporary buffer, not in the running configuration.
Displaying the Session Status
Once the implicit distribution session has started, you can check the session status from Fabric Manager by expanding Switches > Security > AAA, and selecting RADIUS or TACACS+.
Use the show radius command to see the distribution status on the CFS tab.
switch# show radius distribution status
merge protocol status: merge activation done
last operation status: success
Once the implicit distribution session has started, you can check the session status using the show tacacs+ distribution status command.
switch# show tacacs+ distribution status
merge protocol status: merge activation done
last operation status: success
Displaying the Pending Configuration to be Distributed
To display the RADIUS or TACACS+ global and/or server configuration stored in the temporary buffer use the show radius pending command, follow these steps:
switch(config)# show radius pending-diff
+radius-server host testhost1 authentication accounting
+radius-server host testhost2 authentication accounting
To display the TACACS+ global and/or server configuration stored in the temporary buffer, use the show tacacs+ pending command.
switch(config)# show tacacs+ pending-diff
+tacacs-server host testhost3
+tacacs-server host testhost4
To display the RADIUS or TACACS+ global and/or server configuration stored in the temporary buffer using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security > AAA, and then select RADIUS or select TACACS+.
Step 2 Click the CFS tab.
You see the distribution status on the CFS tab.
Step 3 Click the pending or running radio button.
Step 4 Click Apply Changes to save the changes.
Step 5 Click the Servers tab to view the pending or running configuration.
Committing the Distribution
The RADIUS or TACACS+ global and/or server configuration stored in the temporary buffer can be applied to the running configuration across all switches in the fabric (including the originating switch).
To commit RADIUS configuration changes, follow these steps:
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Step 1 |
switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# radius commit |
Commits the RADIUS configuration changes to the running configuration. |
To commit TACACS+ configuration changes, follow these steps:
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switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
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switch(config)# tacacs+ commit |
Commits the TACACS+ configuration changes to the running configuration. |
To distribute a RADIUS or TACACS+ configuration using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security > AAA, and then select either RADIUS or TACACS+. You see the RADIUS or TACACS+ configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the CFS tab. You see the RADIUS or TACACS+ CFS configuration.
Step 3 Choose commitChanges in the Config Action drop-down list for all switches that you want to enable CFS for RADIUS or TACACS+.
Step 4 Click Apply Changes to distribute the changes through the fabric.
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Discarding the Distribution Session
Discarding the distribution of a session in progress causes the configuration in the temporary buffer to be dropped. The distribution is not applied.
To discard the RADIUS session in-progress distribution, follow these steps:
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switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# radius abort |
Discards the RADIUS configuration changes to the running configuration. |
To discard the TACACS+ session in-progress distribution, follow these steps:
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switch# config t |
Enters configuration mode. |
Step 2 |
switch(config)# tacacs+ abort |
Discards the TACACS+ configuration changes to the running configuration. |
To discard RADIUS or TACACS+ distribution using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security > AAA, and then select either RADIUS or TACACS+. You see either the RADIUS or TACACS+ configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the CFS tab. You see either the RADIUS or TACACS+ CFS configuration.
Step 3 Choose abort from the Config Action drop-down list for each switch that should discard the pending RADIUS or TACACS+ distribution.
Step 4 Click Apply Changes.
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Clearing Sessions
To clear the ongoing CFS distribution session (if any) and to unlock the fabric for the RADIUS feature, enter the clear radius session command from any switch in the fabric.
switch# clear radius session
To clear the ongoing CFS distribution session (if any) and to unlock the fabric for the TACACS+ feature, enter the clear tacacs+ session command from any switch in the fabric.
switch# clear tacacs+ session
To clear a RADIUS or TACACS+ distribution using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand Switches > Security > AAA and then select either RADIUS or TACACS+.
You see either the RADIUS or TACACS+ configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Choose the CFS tab. You see either the RADIUS or TACACS+ CFS configuration.
Step 3 Choose clear from the Config Action drop-down list for each switch that should clear the pending RADIUS or TACACS+ distribution.
Step 4 Click Apply Changes.
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Merge Guidelines for RADIUS and TACACS+ Configurations
The RADIUS and TACACS+ server and global configuration are merged when two fabrics merge. The merged configuration is applied to CFS distribution-enabled switches.
When merging the fabric, be aware of the following conditions:
- The server groups are not merged.
- The server and global keys are not changed during the merge.
- The merged configuration contains all servers found on all CFS enabled switches.
- The timeout and retransmit parameters of the merged configuration are the largest values found per server and global configuration.
Note The test parameter will be distributed through CFS for TACACS+ Daemon only. If the fabric contains only NX-OS Release 5.0 switches, then the test parameters will be distributed. If the fabric contains switches running 5.0 versions and some running NX-OS 4.x release, the test parameters will be not distributed.
Caution
If there is a conflict between two switches in the server ports configured, the merge fails.
Use the show radius distribution status command to view the status of the RADIUS fabric merge as shown in Example 7-13.
Example 7-13 Displays the RADIUS Fabric Merge Status
switch# show radius distribution status
session db: does not exist
merge protocol status: merge response received
merge error: conflict: server dmtest2 has auth-port 1812 on this switch and 1999
last operation status: success
Use the show tacacs+ distribution status command to view the status of the TACACS+ fabric merge as shown in Example 7-14.
Example 7-14 Displays the TACACS+ Fabric Merge Status
switch# show tacacs+ distribution status
session db: does not exist
merge protocol status: merge activation done
last operation status: success