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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using ASDM
Chapter38 Configuring AAA Servers and the Local Database
Guidelines and Limitations
Guidelines and Limitations
This section includes the guidelines and limitations for this feature.
Context Mode Guidelines
Supported in single and multiple context mode.
Firewall Mode Guidelines
Supported in routed and transparent firewall mode.
IPv6 Guidelines
Supports IPv6.
Additional Guidelines
The username command has two versions: one for 8.4(3) and earlier and one for 8.4(4.1) and later. See
the command reference for more information.
Configuring AAA
This section includes the following topics:
Configuring AAA Server Groups, page38-11
Adding a Server to a Group, page38-13
Configuring AAA Server Parameters, page38-13
Configuring LDAP Attribute Maps, page38-20
Adding a User Account to the Local Database, page38-22
Adding an Authentication Prompt, page38-26
Managing User Passwords, page 38-27
Changing User Passwords, page38-28
Authenticating Users with a Public Key for SSH, page38-28

Task Flow for Configuring AAA

Step1 Do one or both of the following:
Add a AAA server group. See the “Configuring AAA Server Groups” section on page38-11.
Add a user to the local database. See the “Adding a User Account to the Local Database” section on
page 38-22.
Model License Requirement
All models Base License.