Cisco ACS - Windows database or generic LDAP?

[jwalzer]

We are in the process of installing two ACS appliances in our network. We have a Windows 2003 AD and when we go to configure auth is there a preference to use either the Wndows database or can we use generic LDAP? What would be the pros and cons of each?

Thanks,

Jeff

[fernandess]

If you are using AD, you should configure ACS to authenticate against the Windows Database rather than Generic LDAP. The following is a quote from the help given on the External User Database screen on the ACS regarding the Generic LDAP setting: 'While Active Directory is based on LDAP, use a Windows database configuration for authenticating users with Active Directory.' Hope this helps.