Creating Proxy Accounting AAA Servers

A proxy AAA server is used when APs send authentication/accounting messages to the controller and the controller forwards these messages to an external AAA server.
  1. Select Security > Accounting > Proxy.
  2. Select a Zone from the system tree and click Create.
    The Create Accounting Service page appears.
  3. Configure the following:
    1. Name: Type a name for the authentication service that you are adding.
    2. Description: Type a description for the authentication service.
    3. Service Protocol: By default, the RADIUS Accounting is selected. For more information, see RADIUS Service Options.
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      Note: RFC-5580 is used to convey access-network ownership and location information based on the civic and geospatial location formats in RADIUS protocol.
    4. 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.
  4. Click OK.
You have completed creating a 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 Proxy tab.
Parent topic: Accounting