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Chapter Description

This sample chapter from Understanding and Troubleshooting Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers covers the security aspects of the Catalyst 9800 controller. The biggest aspect revolves around AAA, which is either locally handled by the controller or delegated to an external RADIUS or TACACS server.

References

Trustpoints on 9800: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/9800/config-guide/trustpoints/b-configuring-trustpoints-on-cisco-catalyst-9800-series-controllers/m-overview-of-trustpoints-on-catalyst-9800.html

Generate and download CSR on Catalyst 9800: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/catalyst-9800-series-wireless-controllers/213917-generate-csr-for-third-party-certificate.html

Configuring WLC with LDAP for 802.1X and web-auth: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/catalyst-9800-series-wireless-controllers/216744-configuring-catalyst-9800-wlc-with-ldap.html

Local EAP configuration on 9800: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/catalyst-9800-series-wireless-controllers/215026-local-eap-authentication-on-catalyst-980.html

List of IOS-XE wireless features per release: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/catalyst-9800-series-wireless-controllers/214855-ios-xe-wireless-feature-list-per-release.html

Wireless controller AP authorization list: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/catalyst-9800-series-wireless-controllers/213916-catalyst-9800-wireless-controllers-ap-au.html

Configure SCEP for LSC certificate on 9800 WLC: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless-mobility/wireless-lan-management/215557-configure-scep-for-locally-significant-c.html

Configure RADIUS and TACACS+ for GUI and CLI authentication on 9800 wireless LAN controllers: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/catalyst-9800-series-wireless-controllers/214490-configure-radius-and-tacacs-for-gui-and.html

Configure Lobby ambassador with RADIUS and TACACS authentication: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/catalyst-9800-series-wireless-controllers/215552-9800-wlc-lobby-ambassador-with-radius-an.html

Cisco CSDL: https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en_us/about/doing_business/trust-center/docs/cisco-secure-development-lifecycle.pdf

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