ACS and AD

[aksher]

How the ACS and AD authenticate against each other with user groups in AD and device group in ACS

[kamal-learn]

HI

ACS can use for authentication puporse an internal database the default, or external one that could be a windows 2000 including AD.

HTH

do rate if it clarify

[jhillend]

ACS has the ability to perform group mapping with AD authentication. This is outlined at:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/access/acs_soft/csacs4nt/acs40/user/qg.htm

Note that group mapping occurs between AD user groups and ACS user groups, no device groups.