Cisco IOS AAA Troubleshooting

AAA is a framework that provides authentication, authorization, and accounting to secure the management plane. The 300-135 TSHOOT exam objectives focus on AAA authentication using the local database; therefore, in this section, the troubleshooting focus centers on this. However, because most organizations use AAA servers, we include a RADIUS server in our example so that you can see what occurs when the RADIUS server is not accessible and the router or switch falls back to local authentication.

Example 20-9 provides a sample Cisco IOS AAA configuration for management access to the console and vty lines. As you review the output, consider the following items you should keep in mind while troubleshooting Cisco IOS ...

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