Creating Non-Proxy Accounting AAA Servers for Standby Cluster

A non proxy AAA server is used when the APs connect to the external AAA server directly.

  1. Go to Services & Profiles > Accounting.
  2. Select the Non-Proxy tab, and then select the zone for which you want to create the AAA server.
  3. Click Create.
    The Create AAA Server page appears.
    Figure 150  Creating an AAA Server

  4. Configure the following:
    1. General Options
      • Name: Type a name for the AAA server that you are creating.
      • Description: Type a short description of the AAA server.
      • Type: Select RADIUS Accounting.
      • Cluster Redundancy: Click the Enable Service for Standby Cluster option to enable cluster redundancy.
      • Backup RADIUS (appears if you clicked RADIUS above): Click the Enable Secondary Server check box if a secondary RADIUS server exists on the network.
    2. If you selected RADIUS, configure the following options in the Primary and Secondary server sections:
      • IP Address: Type the IP address of the AAA server.
      • Port: Type the port number of the AAA server. The default RADIUS server port number is 1813.
      • Shared Secret: Type the AAA shared secret.
      • Confirm Secret: Retype the shared secret to confirm.
  5. Click OK.
You have completed creating a Non-proxy Accounting AAA server.

For information on how to test this server, see Testing AAA Servers

NOTE
You can also edit, clone and delete an AAA server by selecting the options Configure, Clone and Delete respectively, from the Non-Proxy tab.