
Chapter 4      Network Configuration
AAA Client Configuration
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recommend that you adopt a descriptive, consistent naming convention for 
AAA client hostnames. Maximum length for a AAA client hostname is 32 
characters.
Note After you submit the AAA client hostname, you cannot change it. If 
you want to use a different name for a AAA client, delete the AAA 
client configuration and create a AAA client configuration using the 
new name.
•AAA Client IP Address—At a minimum, a single IP address of a AAA client 
or the keyword “dynamic”.
If you only use the keyword “dynamic”, with no IP addresses, the AAA client 
configuration can only be used for command authorization for Cisco 
multi-device management applications, such as Management Center for 
Firewalls. Cisco Secure ACS only provides AAA services to devices based on 
IP address, so it ignores such requests from a device whose AAA client 
configuration only has the keyword “dynamic” in the Client IP Address box.
If you want a AAA client configuration in Cisco Secure ACS to represent 
multiple network devices, you can specify multiple IP addresses. Separate 
each IP address by pressing Enter.
In each IP address you specify, you have three options for each octet in the 
address, as follows:
–
Number—You can specify a number, for example, 10.3.157.98.
–
Numeric Range—You can specify the low and high numbers of the 
range in the octet, separated by a hyphen, for example, 10.3.157.10-50.
–
Wildcard—You can use an asterisk (*) to match all numbers in that 
octet, for example, 10.3.157.*.
Cisco Secure ACS allows any octet or octets in the IP Address box to be a 
number, a numeric range, or an asterisk, for example 172.16-31.*.*.
•Key—The shared secret of the AAA client. Maximum length for a AAA 
client key is 32 characters.