Creating Non-Proxy Accounting AAA Servers

A non proxy AAA server is used when the APs connect to the external AAA server directly.
  1. Go to Security > Accounting > Non-Proxy.
  2. Select a Zone and click Create.
    The Create AAA Server page appears.

    Creating an AAA Server

  3. Configure the following:
    1. General Options
      • Name: Type a name for the AAA server that you are creating.
      • Description: Type a short description of the AAA server.
      • Type: By default, the RADIUS Accounting option is selected.
        Note: RFC-5580 is used to convey access-network ownership and location information based on the civic and geospatial location formats in RADIUS protocol.
      • Cluster Redundancy: Click the Enable Service for Standby Cluster option to enable cluster redundancy.
        Note: Cluster Redundancy option is available only when this functionality is enabled in cluster configuration.
      • Backup RADIUS (appears if you clicked RADIUS above): Click the Enable Secondary Server check box if a secondary RADIUS server exists on the network.
    2. If you selected RADIUS, configure the following options in the Primary and Secondary server sections:
      • IP Address: Type the IP address of the AAA server.
      • Port: Type the port number of the AAA server. The default RADIUS server port number is 1813.
      • Shared Secret: Type the AAA shared secret.
      • Confirm Secret: Retype the shared secret to confirm.
  4. Click OK.
You have completed creating a Non-proxy Accounting AAA server.
Note: You can also edit, clone and delete an AAA server by selecting the options Configure, Clone and Delete respectively, from the Non-Proxy tab.
Parent topic: Accounting