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logging use of critical-auth user-role

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  • 1.  logging use of critical-auth user-role

    Posted Jan 10, 2023 09:07 AM
    Hi,
    I have 2930 switches configured to use local and downloadable user roles. one  part of the configuration defines a role that will be used if  the switch is unable to   download roles from a clearpass appliance.

    In my setting the critical role just does an "allowall"  acl group  on a client connected to  the statically defined vlan for a specific port.

    The problem is that  when  my switch fails to connect to clearpass  theres nothing in the switch logs to indicate its using the critical-auth user-role setting.

    As an example,  my home net  has  clearpass running under VmWare Fusion .. on a mac that doesnt automatically power up  after  a power outage. This mess that when power is restored  the switch will come back ... and all my APS  but clearpas doesn't until  i power it up.

    While the switch logs  show tht they are unable to connect to a  radius server, thers nothing about  the critial auth user-role  being used.

    If you have  devcie fingerprinting enabled you can put some config in so your  log file isnt swamped with messages about device fingerprinting  ... is  there something similar that would allow us to see when  a downloadable user role is used and when a local one is used?
    Rgds
    Alex