RADIUS Attribute 5 NAS-Port Format Specified on a Per-Server Group Level

Last Updated: January 15, 2012

The RADIUS Attribute 5 (NAS-Port) Format Specified on a Per-Server Group Level feature allows configurations to be customized for different RADIUS server groups. This flexibility allows customized network access server- (NAS-) port formats to be used instead of global formats.

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Prerequisites for RADIUS Attribute 5 NAS-Port Format Specified on a Per-Server Group Level

  • You must be running a Cisco IOS image that contains the authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) component.

Information About RADIUS Attribute 5 NAS-Port Format Specified on a Per-Server Group Level

RADIUS Attribute 5 Format Customization

Prior to Cisco IOS Release 12.3(14)T, Cisco IOS software allowed RADIUS attributes that were sent in access requests or accounting requests to be customized on a global basis. You could customize how each configurable attribute should function when communicating with a RADIUS server. Since the implementation of server groups, global attribute configurations were not flexible enough to address the different customizations that were required to support the various RADIUS servers with which a router might be interacting. For example, if you configured the global radius-server attribute nas-port format commandoption, every service on the router that interacted with a RADIUS server was used in the same way.

Effective with Cisco IOS Release 12.3(14)T, you can configure your router to support override flexibility for per-server groups. You can configure services to use specific named methods for different service types on a RADIUS server. The service types can be set to use their own respective service groups. This flexibility allows customized NAS-port formats to be used instead of the global formats.

How to Configure RADIUS Attribute 5 NAS-Port Format Specified on a Per-Server Group Level

Configuring the RADIUS Attribute 5 Format on a Per-Server Group Level

To configure your router to support the RADIUS Attribute 5 format on a per-server group level, perform the following steps.


Note
To use this per-server group capability, you must actively use a named method list within your services. You can configure one client to use a specific named method while other clients use the default format.
Before You Begin

Before performing these steps, you should first configure method lists for AAA as is applicable for your situation.


SUMMARY STEPS

1.    enable

2.    configure terminal

3.    aaa group server radius group-name

4.    server ip-address [auth-port port-number] [acct-port port-number]

5.    attribute nas-port format format-type [string]


DETAILED STEPS
  Command or Action Purpose
Step 1
enable


Example:

Router> enable

 

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.
 
Step 2
configure terminal


Example:

Router# configure terminal

 

Enters global configuration mode.

 
Step 3
aaa group server radius group-name


Example:

Router (config)# aaa group server radius radius1

 

Groups different RADIUS server hosts into distinct lists and distinct methods and enters server-group configuration mode.

 
Step 4
server ip-address [auth-port port-number] [acct-port port-number]


Example:

Router (server-group)# server 172.101.159.172 auth-port 1645 acct-port 1646

 

Configures the IP address of the RADIUS server for the group server.

 
Step 5
attribute nas-port format format-type [string]


Example:

Router (server-group)# attribute nas-port format d

 

Configures a service to use specific named methods for different service types.

  • The service types can be set to use their own respective server groups.
 

Monitoring and Maintaining RADIUS Attribute 5 Format on a Per-Server Group Level

To monitor and maintain RADIUS Attribute 5 Format on a Per-Server Group Level, perform the following steps (the debug commands may be used separately):

SUMMARY STEPS

1.    enable

2.    debug aaa sg-server selection

3.    debug radius


DETAILED STEPS
  Command or Action Purpose
Step 1
enable


Example:

Router> enable

 

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.
 
Step 2
debug aaa sg-server selection


Example:

Router# debug aaa sg-server selection

 

Displays information about why the RADIUS and TACACS+ server group system in a router is choosing a particular server.

 
Step 3
debug radius


Example:

Router# debug radius

 

Displays information showing that a server group has been selected for a particular request.

 

Configuration Examples for RADIUS Attribute 5 NAS-Port Format Specified on a Per-Server Group Level

RADIUS Attribute 5 Format Specified on a Per-Server Level Example

The following configuration example shows a leased-line PPP client that has chosen to send no RADIUS Attribute 5 while the default is to use format d:

interface Serial2/0
 no ip address
 encapsulation ppp
 ppp accounting SerialAccounting
 ppp authentication pap
aaa accounting network default start-stop group radius
aaa accounting network SerialAccounting start-stop group group1
aaa group server radius group1
 server 10.101.159.172 auth-port 1645 acct-port 1646
 attribute nas-port none
radius-server host 10.101.159.172 auth-port 1645 acct-port 1646
radius-server attribute nas-port format d

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Feature Information for RADIUS Attribute 5 NAS-Port Format Specified on a Per-Server Group Level

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Table 1 Feature Information for RADIUS Attribute 5 (NAS-Port) Format Specified on a Per-Server Group Level

Feature Name

Releases

Feature Information

RADIUS Attribute 5 (NAS-Port) Format Specified on a Per-Server Group Level

12.3(14)T

The RADIUS Attribute 5 (NAS-Port) Format Specified on a Per-Server Group Level feature allows configurations to be customized for different RADIUS server groups. This flexibility allows customized network access server- (NAS-) port formats to be used instead of global formats.

This feature was introduced in Cisco IOS Release 12.3(14)T.

The following commands were introduced or modified: attribute nas-port format.

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