topic RE: (pending-AAA) disable in ExtremeSwitching (EXOS/Switch Engine)

(pending-AAA) disable

zain_mallick — Sat, 14 May 2016 12:34:00 GMT

what is (pending-AAA)...? is it possible to disable (Pending-AAA) in extreme switches...?
if yes plz give configuration...! if not so plz give detail reason...!

RE: (pending-AAA) disable

Zdeněk_Pala — Sat, 14 May 2016 12:46:00 GMT

That message means that the AAA service is not ready yet. You need to wait a few seconds more. What is the real problem? Why you want this to disable it?

RE: (pending-AAA) disable

Ronald_Dvorak — Sat, 14 May 2016 14:33:00 GMT

I also like to disable it because of "You need to wait a few seconds more" and I don't like waiting.

Why is it even enabled by default (out of the box) if there is only a local account - who should the switch contact for AAA if there is no config/IP on the device..... weird.

RE: (pending-AAA) disable

Zdeněk_Pala — Sat, 14 May 2016 14:33:00 GMT

The Exos is based on linux. The process responsible for authentication must start regardles of how many accounts are enabled/configured.

RE: (pending-AAA) disable

zain_mallick — Sat, 14 May 2016 14:34:00 GMT

in black diamond ,this (pending-AAA) is not removing when i want to console the switch,i want to login switch but (pending-AAA) is coming all time and i cannot reach to login..

RE: (pending-AAA) disable

Zdeněk_Pala — Sat, 14 May 2016 14:34:00 GMT

Have you tried other Managrment module? I expect you have two modules and one is active one is not active.

RE: (pending-AAA) disable

Drew_C — Sat, 14 May 2016 14:34:00 GMT

Zain, if you're seeing this message on a BlackDiamond chassis, something else is wrong. As mentioned, try the other MSM.
The takeaway here is that you don't have the redundancy that you would expect to have with two MSMs.

RE: (pending-AAA) disable

Paul_Thornton — Sat, 14 May 2016 15:07:00 GMT

I have to say that I also never got the whole "(pending-AAA)" message, I'd kind of personally take the view that if the CLI process isn't ready for a login for whatever reason, don't bother displaying the prompt.

The only thing I can think of is that it is a side effect of stacking and being able to REBOOT AS MASTER CAPABLE - if you didn't have the prompt you wouldn't be able to type that.

Paul.