Chapter 6 Agentless Host Support Configuration Scenario

Overview of Agentless Host Support

3.If you configure ACS for MAB, it searches the authentication database for the host’s MAC address The database can be:

–ACS internal

–LDAP (if you configure LDAP)

4.During the database lookup:

–ACS looks up the MAC address in an identity store (the internal ACS database or an LDAP database).

–ACS maps the MAC address to an ACS user group.

–If ACS finds the MAC address, ACS associates the access request to an ACS user group.

–If ACS does not find the MAC address, ACS assigns the access request to a default group that has been configured for failed MAB. At this stage, ACS proceeds with authorization as for all other access requests.

–The expected value in the calling-station-id attribute is a MAC address; however, if the attribute contains a different value (IP address), ACS looks for the IP address in the access database

–ACS applies authorization rules based on the user group and associated policies that a Network Access Profile contains.

Figure 6-1shows the flow of MAB information.

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MAB Flow

LDAP

Request: MAC address lookup

Response: MAC address exists + user group

 

 

MAC address

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MAC address

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Using Audit Servers and GAME Group Feedback

You can configure ACS to use audit servers. An audit server is a device that checks the information that the NAD provides against a list of predetermined device types.

The audit server can categorize an end device and provide additional information to ACS. ACS can then make a group assignment decision based on the categorization of the device. For example, if the device is a printer, ACS can assign the device to a user group that includes printers.

In a Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) environment, ACS supports audit server authentication by enabling Generic Authorization Message Exchange (GAME) group feedback.

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