
Designing Access Controls
Choose RADIUS Servers
This option balances reducing traffic with easing management.
Table 3-69.  RADIUS Server Locations (Reducing Inter-Site  Traffic)
| Access Control | Access Control | RADIUS Server | RADIUS Server | Credential | Credential | |
| Component | Architecture | Devices | Location | Repository | Repository | |
| Combination | 
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 | Location | 
| General | Software servers | One or more at | Directory service | Central site | ||
| 
 | distributed AAA | or NAC 800s | each site | 
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 | |
| 
 | with centralized | 
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| 
 | policies | 
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 | 
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| Integrated server | AP 530s or | One or more at | Directory service | Central site | ||
| 
 | distributed AAA | Wireless Edge | each site | 
 | 
 | |
| 
 | with centralized | Services Modules | 
 | 
 | 
 | |
| 
 | policies | 
 | 
 | 
 | 
 | 
 | 
| Integrated server/ | • | AP 530s or | One or more at | Directory service | Central site | |
| proxy | distributed AAA | 
 | Wireless Edge | each site | 
 | 
 | 
| 
 | with centralized | 
 | Services | 
 | 
 | 
 | 
| 
 | policies | 
 | Modules | 
 | 
 | 
 | 
| 
 | 
 | • | Software | 
 | 
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| 
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 | servers or NAC | 
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| 
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 | 800s | 
 | 
 | 
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| Turnkey server | Software servers | One or more at | Software servers | Servers at central | ||
| 
 | distributed AAA | or NAC 800s | each site | or NAC 800s | site | |
| 
 | with centralized | 
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| 
 | policies | 
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 | 
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 | 
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| Integrated server/ | • | AP 530s or | One or more at | Software servers | Servers at central | |
| proxy with turnkey | distributed AAA | 
 | Wireless Edge | each site | or NAC 800s | site | 
| server | with centralized | 
 | Services | 
 | 
 | 
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| 
 | policies | 
 | Modules | 
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| 
 | 
 | • | Software | 
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| 
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 | servers or NAC | 
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| 
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 | 800s | 
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Example. Choosing your access control architecture is not as daunting as it may 
PCU network administrators begin by considering: should the same policies apply at each site? Because the 
