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How To Troubleshoot ISE Failed Authentications & Authorizations

thomas
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‎06-17-2016 03:27 PM - edited ‎02-21-2020 10:01 PM

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Table of Contents

 

Overview

An ISE deployment relies on multiple components. When authentication fails in the AAA environment, it may be challenging to find out root cause of the issue because you may need to look at different components.

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With recent enhancements, Cisco has put effort into providing a single point of view for troubleshooting by correlating switch syslog events to internal ISE events, as well as by providing interfaces on the ISE to poll for different authentication- related information on demand. Other enhancements on the ISE include a configuration validator, a TCP dump utility, and the ability to provide details about supplicant issues when the client is running Cisco AnyConnect® Network Access Manager with a certificate-based EAP type.

High-Level Troubleshooting Flow

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High-level Troubleshooting Flow

Check the ISE Live Logs

  1. Login to the primary ISE Policy Administration Node (PAN).
  2. Go to Operations > RADIUS > Live Logs 
    1. (Optional) If the event is not present in the RADIUS Live Logs, go to Operations > Reports > Reports > Endpoints and Users > RADIUS Authentications 

Check for Any Failed Authentication Attempts in the Log

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  1. If the MAC address or username is known, use filters to view the events only from the specific endpoint.
    Note: Even for 802.1X authentications, it is helpful to filter with MAC address instead because: depending on where in the process the failure occurred, the endpoint user or computer name may not be known to ISE.
  2. The RADIUS Live Logs shows events up to past 24 hours, so make sure to look at the latest events.
  3. Successful events have status of ✅ with green background. A failed event will have image005.png  with red background to clearly identify the status.
  4. Note the network device and device port before proceeding.

 

Check the Live Log for More Information

  1. In the RADIUS Live Logs, check Failure Reason column.
  2. Click the DetailsDetails  (Details icon) for more information.
  3. Click the Authentication failed message for additional detail
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  4. Failed Authentication Detail
  5. Perform the remediation action per the Resolution Steps.
    Remediation is described in more detail later in this document.
    image009.png

 

 

Check for Passed Authentication Entry or the MAC Address in the Log

  1. Check to see if latest event for that endpoint was a passed authentication.
  2. Since even after the passed authentication, the endpoint is still having issues, there may be configuration mismatch between the ISE and the network access device (NAD).
  3. If there are no events for that endpoint, follow the flow chart shown in Figure 3 for further troubleshooting on the NAD and the endpoint.

 

Check the NAD Interface Status or the ISE Detailed Reports

  1. If this is a Cisco Catalyst switch, log in using Telnet or Secure Shell (SSH) and run following command in enabled mode: 
    show authentication sessions interface Gig x/y/z
  2. (Optional) If the switch is configured for ISE to poll information via SNMP, open detailed reports by selecting Operations Authentications. Then click on the DetailsDetails button.
    image010.png
  3. (Optional) In Detailed Reports, click the interface name (for example, Gigabit Ethernet x/y/z).
  4. This will do a SNMP poll that is the equivalent of the show authentication command in step 1 without your having to log in to the individual switch.

 

Validate the WLC or Switch Configuration

  1. Check that the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) configuration or the switch OS platform and/or version is supported by the TrustSec version you are implementing.
  2. For the NAD to be able to authorize, it needs to have following entry in the configuration: 
    aaa authorization network radius
  3. For the dynamic VLAN (dVLAN), run the following from exec mode to check that the WLC or the switch VLAN database includes the VLAN that the ISE is trying to assign: 
    show vlan
  4. For dACL, validate that the ISE ACL syntax is correct by going to Policy > Policy Elements > Results > Authorization > Downloadable ACLs.
  5. For Catalyst switches, you can verify the configuration using the ISE Evaluate Configuration Validator tool. Go to Operations > Troubleshoot > Diagnostic Tools > General Tools :
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Validate Endpoint-to-NAD Communication

  1. For Catalyst switches, enable 802.1X debugging by running the following in exec mode: 
    debug dot1x
  2. Validate that client is sending EAP over LAN (EAPoL) Start message by checking the debug log.
  3. For devices using MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB), validate that the device is sending traffic.

    If the interface is configured with the settings for order and timers that are recommended for Cisco TrustSec 2.1, it will take 30 seconds before the switch will accept and use the traffic from the endpoint to send a MAB request. This is typically not an issue for chatty devices, such as Windows PC devices; however, some printers may take a while to go through the MAB. If you are experiencing long delays to successfully MAB a device, like a printer, consider running the interface-specific command authentication control-direction in to allow traffic from the network to the endpoint prior to authentication, which could accelerate the MAB process.

 

Check the ACL Applied to the VLAN and to the Session

  1. For the dVLAN, validate that the ACL applied to the VLAN is not too restrictive. You can do this by looking at the VLAN interface ACL or manually assigning an interface to a non-802.1X-enabled interface and validating the endpoint experience.
  2. For the dACL, validate that the ACL applied to the session is not too restrictive. A few useful commands include the following:
    show authentication sessions interface <int_name>
    show ip access-list interface <int_name>
    show running-config interface <int_name>
    show access-list <int_name>

 

Validate the RADIUS Configuration on the NAD

  1. For Catalyst switches, run the Evaluate Configuration Validator to validate the RADIUS configuration.
  2. From the NAD, try to ping the ISE Policy Services Nodes (PSN).
  3. If there are any filtering devices between the NAD and the ISE PSN, verify that the device is allowing RADIUS authentication, authorization, and accounting (UDP 1645/1656 or 1812/1813).
  4. You can use the Cisco IOS® Software test feature to run a test authentication. Enter the following command from exec mode: 
    test aaa group radius {test_user} {test_password} new-code

 

Validate That the Endpoint Has Correct IP Address

  1. Next, we need to verify that the supplicant is configured properly and running. First we’ll validate that the endpoint has the correct IP address.
  2. For Windows devices, run the following from the command prompt: 
    ipconfig /all
  3. For Mac OS X and Linux devices, run following from the command prompt: 
    ifconfig
  4. For clientless devices, please refer to the device user guide to find out the IP address.

 

Validate ISE Endpoint Group and AuthZ Policy

  1. If troubleshooting a MAB authentication, validate that the endpoint MAC address is in correct endpoint group by going to Administration Identity Management Endpoints.
  2. The detailed endpoint screen will show the current endpoint group in the Identity Group assignment. If the assignment is incorrect, update the group with correct one.
  3. Validate the authorization rule by going to Policy Authorization.

 

TrustSec Components

Supplicant

As discussed earlier, the ISE Policy Administration Node (PAN) should be the first stop when troubleshooting authentication failures. Some failures will require additional diagnostic work at the NAD level. In most cases, the logs and debugs from the ISE and the NAD should be enough to determine the root cause of the problem.

The diagnostic work that can be performed on a supplicant is largely dependent on the troubleshooting tools that a particular supplicant provides. The native Windows supplicant has almost no debugging tools. Cisco AnyConnect Network Access Manager has a diagnostic and reporting tool (DART) that can be deployed to clients and used to generate a detailed report file. However, the report file is primarily for use by Cisco support staff and not generally recommended for the end user.

Sniffer traces provide vital troubleshooting information, but they are also of limited use on the end client. In general, using the Cisco Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) to sniff the traffic at the switch is a more reliable and effective way to gather EAP packet traces.

Some of the common supplicant failures arise in situations where the client sends an EAPoL Start request, but fails to respond to an Identity Request message from the switch. Usually this happens because the supplicant is unable to find valid credentials. When the client “goes silent,” there is no way for the switch or Cisco ISE to understand the failure.

Unlike Windows native supplicants or other supplicants available on other operating systems, Cisco AnyConnect Network Access Manager includes an enhanced feature for notifying the ISE of the failure reason. As an example, take the situation in which the client is misconfigured and does not trust the ISE certificate in an EAP Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS) or Protected EAP (PEAP) authentication.

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Failed Authentication Report: Native Supplicants

Above, the Windows native supplicant was used on the PC. There are no details on the event other than Failure Reason: 5411 No response received during 120 seconds on last EAP message sent to the client. At this point, the administrator will have to log in to the affected endpoint to troubleshoot the issue.

Below is an example in which the PC is running Cisco AnyConnect Network Access Manager. The Failure Reason clearly indicates what the issue is on the supplicant settings.

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Network Access Devices (NADs)

Most of the information needed to troubleshoot Cisco TrustSec authentication issues can be gathered from the ISE itself. In some situations, however, the ISE cannot provide sufficient information to troubleshoot a failed authentication. It is therefore necessary to examine the troubleshooting capabilities of the NAD.

Useful Cisco IOS show Commands

One of the most useful show commands on the Cisco Catalyst switch is show authentication sessions interface. The command output shows the current authentication status of the specified port. Other useful commands include show dot1x interface and show running-config interface.

 

Switch# show authentication sessions interface fastEthernet 0/1
             Interface: FastEthernet0/1
           MAC Address: 0016.d42e.e8ba
            IP Address: 192.168.1.78
             User-Name: winxp.example.com
                Status: Authz Success
                Domain: DATA
       Security Policy: Should Secure
       Security Status: Unsecure
        Oper host mode: multi-domain
      Oper control dir: both
         Authorized By: Authentication Server
           Vlan Policy: 100
       Session timeout: N/A
          Idle timeout: N/A
     Common Session ID: C0A8013C000006679C3F253D
       Acct Session ID: 0x00000C51
                Handle: 0x68000667

Runnable methods list:
       Method   State
       dot1x    Authc Success
       mab      Not run

Switch#
Switch#
Switch#show dot1x interface fastEthernet 0/1
Dot1x Info for FastEthernet0/1
-----------------------------------
PAE = AUTHENTICATOR
PortControl = AUTO
ControlDirection = Both
HostMode = MULTI_DOMAIN
QuietPeriod = 60
ServerTimeout = 0
SuppTimeout = 30
ReAuthMax = 2
MaxReq = 2
TxPeriod = 10

Switch#
Switch#
Switch#show running-config interface fastEthernet 0/1
Building configuration...
Current configuration : 599 bytes
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
description 802.1x Enabled
switchport access vlan 2
switchport mode access
switchport voice vlan 110
authentication event fail action next-method
authentication event no-response action authorize vlan 100
authentication event server alive action reinitialize
authentication host-mode multi-domain
authentication port-control auto
authentication periodic
authentication timer reauthenticate server
authentication timer inactivity server
authentication violation restrict
mab
dot1x pae authenticator
dot1x timeout tx-period 10
spanning-tree portfast
end
Switch#

 

SPAN

One of the most useful tools for debugging 802.1X failures on the authenticator is the Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN). SPAN allows you to mirror all the EAP traffic sent and received on one port to a different port where it can be analyzed by a sniffer. By sniffing the actual EAP packets that are exchanged between the authenticator and the client, you can diagnose some failures that are not visible from the Cisco ISE.

To configure a Cisco Catalyst 3000 Series Switch to mirror all the traffic from one port (the source port) to another (the destination port), use the following Cisco IOS commands in configuration mode:

(config)# monitor session 1 source interface Gigabit 0/1
(config)# monitor session 1 destination interface Gigabit 0/2 encapsulation replicate

To configure a Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switch to mirror all the traffic from one port (the source port) to another (the destination port), use the following Cisco IOS commands in configuration mode:

(config)# monitor session 1 source interface Gigabit 1/1
(config)# monitor session 1 destination interface Gigabit 1/2

No special configuration options are required to use SPAN on Layer 2 frames on the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series switch, since the Cisco Catalyst 4500 monitors all Layer 2 frames with the default SPAN configuration shown above.

 

Communication with ISE PSN

There are three common reasons why the switch does not or cannot send RADIUS messages to the AAA server when a client attempts to authenticate:

  • Lack of proper network connectivity
  • RADIUS configuration on the switch
  • Lack of response from the client

To verify network connectivity, ping the AAA server from the switch. Here is an example ping command:

Switch#
Switch#ping 192.168.1.60
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 192.168.1.60, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/1/1 ms
Switch#

If the ping is not successful, or some packets are dropped, use standard routing and switching debugging techniques to establish reliable connectivity between the switch and the AAA server.

If the ISE PSN is pingable, it can useful to use the test aaa diagnostic command in this situation. The following example illustrates this command:

Switch#test aaa group radius testuser cisco123 new-code
User successfully authenticated
Switch#

The test aaa command causes the switch to send an Access Request to the AAA server for a PAP (clear-text) authentication for (in this example) the user testuser with password cisco123. The switch will attempt to authenticate to the server configured in the radius-server host command. Optionally, if you are using AAA groups instead of the default RADIUS group, you can specify a specific RADIUS group to test a specific server configured as part of the group.

If the result of the test aaa command is User successfully authenticated, as shown in the preceding code snippet, it means that three things are true: the switch is properly configured to communicate with the AAA server (correct shared key); the switch has network connectivity to the AAA server; and the username and password specified in the test command are valid. The ISE Live Authentication event will show this authentication:

Switch#test aaa group radius testuser cisco123 new-code
User rejected
Switch#

If the result of the test aaa command is User authentication request was rejected by server, you know that the switch configuration is working and network connectivity is validated, but the username and/or password provided in the test command are not valid. This failed authentication will show up in the ISE Live Authentication event. Another possibility is that the switch is not able to authenticate to the AAA server. Either the shared key does not match or there is no network connectivity to the AAA server. This could be the reason that the AAA server receives no RADIUS messages. Revalidating the configuration and/or verifying network connectivity will allow the switch to communicate with the AAA server during 802.1X authentications.

Policy Mismatch

If the ISE Live Authentications shows successful authentication for the endpoint, but the result of show authentication sessions interface Gigabit x/y/z indicates that the port unauthorized, there may be policy mismatch between the ISE policy and the switch. This means although the ISE was able to authenticate and authorize the session, the attribute value pair (AVP) sent from the ISE to the NAD was invalid. Common reasons for this are:

  • The VLAN does not exist.
  • There was an ACL syntax error.
  • There was an AVP syntax error.

If the AAA server has attempted to assign a VLAN that is not defined on the switch, the switch will not be able to authorize the port. In the following example, the AAA server tries to assign the VLAN named EMPLOYEE. The switch returns the follow syslog message:

Switch#
May 28 07:06:11.156 UTC: %AUTHMGR-5-START: Starting 'dot1x' for client (0016.d42e.e8ba) on Interface Fa0/1 AuditSessionID C0A8013C0000066D9D16ABF7
May 28 07:06:11.592 UTC: %DOT1X-5-SUCCESS: Authentication successful for client (0016.d42e.e8ba) on Interface Fa0/1 AuditSessionID
May 28 07:06:11.592 UTC: %AUTHMGR-7-RESULT: Authentication result 'success' from 'dot1x' for client (0016.d42e.e8ba) on Interface Fa0/1 AuditSessionID C0A8013C0000066D9D16ABF7
May 28 07:06:11.592 UTC: %DOT1X_SWITCH-5-ERR_VLAN_NOT_FOUND: Attempt to assign non-existent or shutdown VLAN EMPLOYEE to 802.1x port FastEthernet0/1 AuditSessionID C0A8013C0000066D9D16ABF7
May 28 07:06:11.592 UTC: %AUTHMGR-5-FAIL: Authorization failed for client (0016.d42e.e8ba) on Interface Fa0/1 AuditSessionID C0A8013C0000066D9D16ABF7
May 28 07:06:11.592 UTC: %EPM-6-POLICY_REQ: IP 0.0.0.0| MAC 0016.d42e.e8ba| AuditSessionID C0A8013C0000066D9D16ABF7| AUTHTYPE DOT1X| EVENT APPLY
May 28 07:06:11.592 UTC: %EPM-6-IPEVENT: IP 0.0.0.0| MAC 0016.d42e.e8ba| AuditSessionID C0A8013C0000066D9D16ABF7| AUTHTYPE DOT1X| EVENT IP-WAIT
May 28 07:06:11.592 UTC: %EPM-6-POLICY_REQ: IP 0.0.0.0| MAC 0016.d42e.e8ba| AuditSessionID C0A8013C0000066D9D16ABF7| AUTHTYPE DOT1X| EVENT REMOVE
May 28 07:06:11.592 UTC: %DOT1X-5-RESULT_OVERRIDE: Authentication result overridden for client (0016.d42e.e8ba) on Interface Fa0/1 AuditSessionID C0A8013C0000066D9D16ABF7
Switch#

 

As you can see from the following output, the switch’s employee VLAN is named EMP, not EMPLOYEE:

Switch#sh vlan | i EMP
100 EMP active Fa0/15, Fa0/16, Fa0/17, Fa0/18, Fa0/19, Fa0/20, Fa0/21, Fa0/22,

Because the switch does not have an exact match for the VLAN name EMPLOYEE, it sends an EAP-Failure message to the endpoint. To remedy this problem, either rename the VLAN on the switch or define the correct name in the ISE authorization profile.

In the following example, the dACL uses a wrong syntax. ISE sent allow ip any any instead of permit ip any any.

Switch#
May 28 07:11:59.395 UTC: %AUTHMGR-5-START: Starting 'dot1x' for client (0016.d42e.e8ba) on Interface Fa0/1 AuditSessionID C0A8013C000006719D1BFAB1
May 28 07:11:59.815 UTC: %DOT1X-5-SUCCESS: Authentication successful for client (0016.d42e.e8ba) on Interface Fa0/1 AuditSessionID
May 28 07:11:59.815 UTC: %AUTHMGR-7-RESULT: Authentication result 'success' from 'dot1x' for client (0016.d42e.e8ba) on Interface Fa0/1 AuditSessionID C0A8013C000006719D1BFAB1
May 28 07:11:59.823 UTC: %EPM-6-POLICY_REQ: IP 0.0.0.0| MAC 0016.d42e.e8ba| AuditSessionID C0A8013C000006719D1BFAB1| AUTHTYPE DOT1X| EVENT APPLY
May 28 07:11:59.823 UTC: %EPM-6-AUTH_ACL: POLICY Auth-Default-ACL| EVENT Auth-Default-ACL Attached Successfully
May 28 07:11:59.823 UTC: %EPM-6-AAA: POLICY xACSACLx-IP-PERMIT_ALL_TRAFFIC-4fc368f7| EVENT DOWNLOAD-REQUEST
May 28 07:11:59.840 UTC: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Vlan2, changed state to up
May 28 07:11:59.890 UTC: %EPM-6-AAA: POLICY xACSACLx-IP-PERMIT_ALL_TRAFFIC-4fc368f7| EVENT DOWNLOAD-FAIL
May 28 07:11:59.890 UTC: %EPM-4-POLICY_APP_FAILURE: IP 0.0.0.0| MAC 0016.d42e.e8ba| AuditSessionID C0A8013C000006719D1BFAB1| AUTHTYPE DOT1X| POLICY_TYPE dACL| POLICY_NAME xACSACLx-IP-PERMIT_ALL_TRAFFIC-4fc368f7| RESULT FAILURE| REASON AAA download failure
May 28 07:11:59.890 UTC: %EPM-6-IPEVENT: IP 0.0.0.0| MAC 0016.d42e.e8ba| AuditSessionID C0A8013C000006719D1BFAB1| AUTHTYPE DOT1X| EVENT IP-WAIT
May 28 07:11:59.890 UTC: %AUTHMGR-5-FAIL: Authorization failed for client (0016.d42e.e8ba) on Interface Fa0/1 AuditSessionID C0A8013C000006719D1BFAB1
May 28 07:11:59.890 UTC: %DOT1X-5-RESULT_OVERRIDE: Authentication result overridden for client (0016.d42e.e8ba) on Interface Fa0/1 AuditSessionID C0A8013C000006719D1BFAB1
May 28 07:11:59.890 UTC: %EPM-6-POLICY_REQ: IP 0.0.0.0| MAC 0016.d42e.e8ba| AuditSessionID C0A8013C000006719D1BFAB1| AUTHTYPE DOT1X| EVENT REMOVE
May 28 07:11:59.899 UTC: %EPM-6-AUTH_ACL: POLICY Auth-Default-ACL| EVENT DETACH-SUCCESS
May 28 07:11:59.899 UTC: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Vlan2, changed state to down
May 28 07:12:00.846 UTC: %AUTHMGR-5-SUCCESS: Authorization succeeded for client (0016.d42e.e8ba) on Interface Fa0/1 AuditSessionID C0A8013C000006719D1BFAB1
Switch#

 

Because the switch was not able to process the dACL, it sends an EAP-Failure response to the endpoint. To remedy this problem, correct the syntax error on the dACL on ISE, as follows:

Switch# show authentication sessions interface FastEthernet 0/1
          Interface: FastEthernet0/1
        MAC Address: 0016.d42e.e8ba
         IP Address: 192.168.2.100
          User-Name: winxp.example.com
             Status: Authz Failed
             Domain: DATA
    Security Policy: Should Secure
    Security Status: Unsecure
     Oper host mode: multi-domain
   Oper control dir: both
      Authorized By: Authentication Server
         Vlan Group: N/A
    Session timeout: N/A
       Idle timeout: N/A
  Common Session ID: C0A8013C000006719D1BFAB1
    Acct Session ID: 0x00000C5D
             Handle: 0xB2000671

Runnable methods list:
       Method State
       dot1x  Authc Success
       mab    Not run
Switch#

 

Identity Services Engine (ISE)

Before looking at the symptoms and causes of specific failures, it is instructive to review what a successful authentication looks like from the ISE perspective. This section will also serve to review the tools that can be used to troubleshoot authentication failures.

RADIUS Live Logs

The RADIUS Live Logs in ISE lists all the authentications that have reached ISE. If there is no entry for the user in this screen, the authentication request has not been received by ISE.

You can look at the RADIUS Live Logs by logging in to ISE primary PAN and going to Operations > RADIUS > Live Logs. Doing so will bring up a screen similar to the one shown in Figure 11.

Note: The Live Logs screen is provided by Primary MnT node. The same information is also available on backup MnT node. Access to the Live Logs is also available by logging in to the secondary PAN and also logging in directly to either MnT node.

 

The RADIUS Live Logs has several important pieces of information that are critical to determining who is on the network, when and where they connected, and how they were authenticated.

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The RADIUS Live Logs viewer

Note: Some of the columns listed described here are visible only by using the Add/Remove Columns feature. To make these columns visible, right-click on the header row.

Column Description
Time Shows the time that the log was received by the collection agent. This column is required and cannot be deselected.
Status Shows if the authentication was successful or failed. This column is required and cannot be deselected.
Details Brings up a report when you click the magnifying glass icon, allowing you to drill down to view more detailed information on the selected authentication scenario. This column is required and cannot be deselected.
Repeat Count
 The number of times the same message was received.
Identity Shows the username that is associated with the authentication.
Endpoint ID Shows the unique identifier for an endpoint, usually a MAC or IP address.
Endpoint Profile
 The matching endpoint profile for this endpoint.
Authentication Policy
 Which Policy Set and Authentication Policy Rule was matched
Authorization Policy
 Which Policy Set and Authorization Policy Rule was matched
Authorization Profiles Shows an authorization profile that was applied based on the Authorization Policy.
IP Address Shows the IP address of the endpoint device.
Network Device Shows the IP address of the network access device.
Device Port Shows the port number at which the endpoint is connected.
Identity Group Shows the identity group that is assigned to the user or endpoint, for which the log was generated.
Posture Status Shows the status of the posture validation and details on the authentication.
Server Indicates the policy service node (PSN) from which the log was generated.
MDM Server Name
 Name of the MDM used, if any.
Optional
 You may choose to show the following fields using the ⚙ dropdown option
Event Shows the event status.
Failure Reason Shows a detailed reason for failure, if the authentication failed.
Auth Method Shows the authentication method that is used by the RADIUS protocol, such as Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol version 2 (MSCHAPv2), IEE 802.1x, or dot1x, and so on.
Authentication Protocol Shows the authentication protocol used, such as Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP), Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP), and the like.
Security Group Shows the group that is identified by the authentication log.
Session ID Shows the session ID.

 

Detailed Report

ISE can show authentication details showing a successful authentication of a machine using EAP-TLS.

The Authentication Summary shows the information that was available when viewed in the RADIUS Live Logs page:

image015.png

The Related Events come from the syslog for the NAD that is relevant to this session. This is automatically correlated and included in the detailed report when the NAD sends the event to ISE MnT node.

image016.png

 

To configure the switch to send the syslog to ISE, enter the following:

(config)# logging host {Primary_MnT} transport udp port 20514
(config)# logging host {Backup_MnT} transport udp port 20514

In the figure below, the Authentication Details section shows other information produced during authentication:

image017.png

 

The Steps section shows the detailed process that the session went through within ISE:

image018.png

 

 

Reports

If the event happened more than 24 hours ago, it’s a historical event can be viewed by going to Operations Reports Catalog AAA Protocol RADIUS Authentication.

Configuration Validator

You can use the diagnostic tool to evaluate the configuration of a network device and identify any configuration problems. The Expert Troubleshooter compares the configuration of the device with the standard configuration. This shows the Evaluate Configuration Validator options:

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  1. Go to Operations > Troubleshoot > Diagnostic Tools > Evaluate Configuration Validator.
  2. Enter the Network Device IP address of the device whose configuration you want to evaluate, and specify other options as necessary.
  3. Select configuration options to compare against the recommended template. A green check mark means the option is selected. Click the option again to deselect. Choose from the following:
  4. Web Authentication—Select this check box to compare the Web Authentication configuration for the device with the standard configuration.
  5. Profiler Configuration—Select this check box to compare the Profiler configuration for the device with the standard configuration.
  6. CTS—Select this check box if you want to compare Security Group Access configuration for the device with the standard configuration.
  7. 802.1X—Select this check box if you want to compare the 802.1X configuration for the device with the standard configuration. Then choose one of the following options:
  8. Open Authentication Mode
  9. Low-Impact Mode (Open Mode + ACL)
  10. High Security Mode (Closed Mode)
  11. Click Run. The Progress Details page appears, prompting you for additional input.
  12. Click User Input Required, and modify the fields as necessary. A new window appears, prompting you to select the interfaces for the configuration analysis.
  13. Check the check boxes next to the interfaces that you want to analyze, and click Submit. The Progress Details page is displayed again.
  14. Click Show Results Summary.

 

TCP Dump

The TCP Dump utility monitors the contents of packets on a network interface that match a given Boolean expression. You can use this utility to troubleshoot problems on your network. Cisco ISE troubleshooting diagnostic tools provide an intuitive user interface.image.png

 

 

  1. Go to Operations > Troubleshoot > Diagnostic Tools > TCP Dump.
  2. Select a Network Interface to monitor from the drop-down menu. This is the interface upon which the network traffic is monitored, or sniffed.
  3. Set Promiscuous Mode to On or Off by clicking the radio button. The default is On.
  4. Promiscuous Mode is the default packet sniffing mode. It is recommended that you leave it set to On. In this mode, the network interface is passing all traffic to the system's CPU.
  5. In the Filter field, enter a Boolean expression on which to filter.
    Standard TCP Dump filter expressions are supported, such as the following: host 10.0.2.1 and port 1812
  6. Click Start to begin monitoring the network.
  7. Click Stop when you have collected a sufficient amount of data, or wait for the process to conclude automatically after accumulating the maximum number of packets (500,000).

 

Failed Authentication Events

TrustSec authentications can fail for many reasons. These include an unknown user, bad credentials, expired credentials, missing certificates, misconfiguration, and so on. Many of these failures can be diagnosed using careful examination of the ISE logs. Common failures and their symptoms are explained below.

5411 No response received during 120 seconds on last EAP message sent to the client

Applies to All EAP types
Possible Causes

NAD or supplicant: Timeout for EAP may be too aggressive.

Supplicant: Configured with certificate base authentication and the supplicant either does not have valid credentials or does not trust ISE certificate.

Supplicant and user: Configured with password-based authentication and the user did not provide valid credentials.
Resolution Verify that supplicant is configured properly to conduct a full EAP conversation with ISE. Verify that NAS is configured properly to transfer EAP messages to or from supplicant. Verify that supplicant or network access server (NAS) does not have a short timeout for EAP conversations. Check the network that connects the NAS to ISE. If the external ID store is used for the authentication, it may be not responding fast enough for current timeouts.

 

5417 Dynamic Authorization failed

Applies to All EAP types and MAB
Possible Causes NAD is not configured with change of authorization (CoA) from ISE PSN.
Resolution Check the connectivity between ISE and the NAD. Ensure that ISE is defined as the dynamic authorization client on NAD and that CoA is supported on device.

 

11007 Could not locate Network Device or AAA Client

Applies to All EAP types and MAB
Possible Causes NAD may not be in the network device list on ISE
Resolution Verify whether the network device or AAA client is configured in Administration > Network Resources > Network Devices.

 

11036 The Message-Authenticator RADIUS attribute is invalid

Applies to All EAP types and MAB
Possible Causes The shared RADIUS key does not match between ISE and NAD
Resolution Check whether the shared secrets on the AAA client and ISE server match. Ensure that the AAA client and the network device have no hardware problems or problems with RADIUS compatibility. Also ensure that the network that connects the device to the ISE has no hardware problems.

 

12520 EAP-TLS failed SSL/TLS handshake because the client rejected the ISE local-certificate

Applies to EAP-TLS (AnyConnect Network Access Manager)
Possible Causes The supplicant does not trust the ISE PSN certificate.
Resolution Check whether the proper server certificate is installed and configured for EAP by going to the Local Certificates page
(Administration > System > Certificates > Local Certificates ). Also ensure that the certificate authority that signed this server certificate is correctly installed in client's supplicant. Check the previous steps in the log for this EAP-TLS conversation for a message indicating why the handshake failed. Check OpenSSLErrorMessage and OpenSSLErrorStack for more information.

 

15039 Rejected per authorization profile

Applies to All EAP types
Possible Causes The default AuthZ rule is to deny access, and there are no specific AuthZ rules for this session.
Resolution The authorization profile with the ACCESS_REJECT attribute was selected as a result of the matching authorization rule. Check the appropriate authorization policy rule-results.

 

22040 Wrong password or invalid shared secret

Applies to Password-based EAP types
Possible Causes

Check the password of the user in internal identity store.

The shared RADIUS key does not match between ISE and NAD.
Resolution Check the user credentials and device shared secret in Administration > Network Resources > Network Devices.

 

22044 Identity policy result is configured for certificate based authentication methods but received password based

Applies to EAP-TLS, PEAP-TLS
Possible Causes ISE authentication policy is configured for password-based authentication, but the supplicant is sending certificate credentials.
Resolution Check the appropriate configuration in Policy > Authentication. This error happens when the identity source is configured for certificate-based authentication and received a password based authentication request.

 

22045 Identity policy result is configured for password based authentication methods but received certificate based authentication request

Applies to EAP-FAST, PEAP-MSCHAPv2
Possible Causes ISE authentication policy is configured for certificate-based authentication, but the supplicant is sending password-based credentials.
Resolution Check the appropriate configuration in Policy > Authentication. This error happens when the identity source is configured for password-based authentication and received a certificate-based authentication request.

 

22056 Subject not found in the applicable identity store(s)

Applies to EAP-FAST, PEAP-MSCHAPv2, MAB
Possible Causes User or device was not found in the configured identity store
Resolution

Check whether the subject is present in any one of the chosen identity stores. Note that some identity stores may have been skipped if they do not support the current authentication protocol.

Make sure the authentication policy points to correct identity store.

For authentication in a Microsoft Windows network with multiple domains, make sure that the supplicant is appending the domain suffix (For users: administrator@example.com, for machines: winxp.example.com).

 

24408 User authentication against Active Directory failed since user has entered the wrong password

Applies to EAP-FAST, PEAP-MSCHAPv2
Possible Causes User entered wrong password.
Resolution Check the user password credentials. If the RADIUS request is using PAP for authentication, also check the shared secret configured for the network device.

 

 

 

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