Cisco Systems Servers Manuale Utente

When you install Cisco Secure ACS on your server, the installation adds several 
Windows services. The services provide the core of Cisco Secure ACS 
functionality. For a full discussion of each service, see the 

. The Cisco Secure ACS services on 

your Cisco Secure ACS server include the following:

CSAdmin—Provides the HTML interface for administration of 
Cisco Secure ACS.

CSAuth—Provides authentication services.

CSDBSync—Provides synchronization of the CiscoSecure user database 
with an external RDBMS application.

CSLog—Provides logging services, both for accounting and system activity.

CSMon—Provides monitoring, recording, and notification of 
Cisco Secure ACS performance, and includes automatic response to some 
scenarios.

CSTacacs—Provides communication between TACACS+ AAA clients and 
the CSAuth service.

CSRadius—Provides communication between RADIUS AAA clients and 
the CSAuth service.

Each module can be started and stopped individually from within the Microsoft 
Service Control Panel or as a group from within the Cisco Secure ACS HTML 
interface. For information about stopping and starting Cisco Secure ACS 
services, see the 

.

Cisco Secure ACS is a AAA server, providing authentication, authorization, and 
accounting services to network devices that can act as AAA clients.

As a AAA server, Cisco Secure ACS incorporates many technologies to render 
AAA services to AAA clients. Understanding Cisco Secure ACS requires 
knowledge of many of these technologies. To address the most significant aspects, 
this section contains the following topics: