Procedures to configure and administer core network services are described in detail in the respective product Administration Guides, and system-related configuration procedures are described in detail in the System Administration Guide. Before using the procedures in this chapter, it is recommended to refer the respective product Administration Guide along with the System Administration Guide.Important: This reference provides procedure to configure basic AAA interface functionality or your service. Some of the RADIUS and Diameter interface support are license enabled. Contact your sales representative for more information.
Some of the functionality pertaining to prepaid accounting or Diameter-based support are part of enhanced feature support. For more information on these features, refer the System Enhanced Feature Configuration Guide.Important: Information to configure product-specific AAA interfaces are provided in the respective Administration Guides.
• Authentication: It is the method of identifying users, including login and password, challenge and response, messaging support, and encryption. Authentication is the way to identify a subscriber prior to being allowed access to the network and network services. An operator can configure AAA authentication by defining a list of authentication methods, and then applying that list to various interfaces.
• Authorization: It is the method to provide access control, including authorization for a subscriber or domain profile. AAA authorization sends a set of attributes to the service describing the services that the user can access. These attributes determine the user’s actual capabilities and restrictions.
• Accounting: Collects and sends subscriber usage and access information used for billing, auditing, and reporting, such as user identities, start and stop times, performed actions, number of packets, and number of bytes.
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