Chapter 6 Agentless Host Support Configuration Scenario

Basic Configuration Steps for Agentless Host Support

Step 4: Configure LDAP Support for MAB

You can configure the ACS internal database to manage MAB used with the agentless host feature; however, if you have a large number of MAC addresses to process (for example, several thousand), it is more efficient to use an external LDAP database than to configure the MAC address mappings manually through the ACS GUI.

To configure LDAP support for MAB:

Step 1 Configure an External LDAP database for MAB support.

See Configure an External LDAP Database for MAB Support, page 6-10for details.

Step 2 Create one or more LDAP database configurations in ACS.

See Create One or More LDAP Database Configurations in ACS, page 6-13for details.

Configure an External LDAP Database for MAB Support

Configure one or more external LDAP databases for MAB support. In each LDAP database, create:

•Device records that describe the agentless hosts that ACS will authenticate.

•LDAP groups that define an LDAP schema to enable MAB for agentless host support.

Example 6-1shows portions of a sample Lightweight Directory Interchange Format (LDIF) file that defines an LDAP database for agentless host support.

Example 6-1 Sample LDAP Schema for MAB Support

dn: ou=MAB Segment, o=mycorp

ou: MAB Segment

objectClass: top

objectClass: organizationalUnit

description: MAC Authentication Bypass Sub-Tree

dn: ou=MAC Addresses, ou=MAB Segment, o=mycorp

ou: MAC Addresses

objectClass: top

objectClass: organizationalUnit

dn: ou=MAC Groups, ou=MAB Segment, o=mycorp

ou: MAC Groups

objectClass: top

objectClass: organizationalUnit

dn: cn=user00-wxp.emea.mycorp.com,ou=MAC Addresses, ou=MAB Segment, o=mycorp

ipHostNumber: 10.56.60.100

objectClass: top

objectClass: ipHost

objectClass: ieee802Device

macAddress: 00:11:22:33:44:55

cn: user00-wxp.emea.mycorp.com

dn: cn=user11-wxp.emea.mycorp.com,ou=MAC Addresses, ou=MAB Segment, o=mycorp

ipHostNumber: 10.56.60.111

objectClass: top

objectClass: ipHost

objectClass: ieee802Device

 

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