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300-730 · Question #36

Refer to the exhibit. The customer can establish an AnyConnect connection on the corporate office only. Subsequent attempts fail. What might be the issue?

The correct answer is D. UserGroup must be the same as the name of the connection profile. In an AnyConnect client XML profile, the UserGroup value must exactly match the connection profile (tunnel-group) name on the ASA for the client to connect to the correct group on subsequent attempts.

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Question

Refer to the exhibit. The customer can establish an AnyConnect connection on the corporate office only. Subsequent attempts fail. What might be the issue?

Options

  • AIKEv2 is blocked over the path.
  • BUserGroup must be different than the name of the connection profile.
  • CThe primary protocol should be SSL.
  • DUserGroup must be the same as the name of the connection profile.

How the community answered

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  • A
    10% (3)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    7% (2)
  • D
    79% (23)

Why each option

In an AnyConnect client XML profile, the UserGroup value must exactly match the connection profile (tunnel-group) name on the ASA for the client to connect to the correct group on subsequent attempts.

AIKEv2 is blocked over the path.

AnyConnect SSL VPN does not rely on IKEv2 by default, and a successful first connection rules out a path-level protocol block.

BUserGroup must be different than the name of the connection profile.

UserGroup must match - not differ from - the connection profile name; this answer describes the exact condition that causes the failure.

CThe primary protocol should be SSL.

SSL is commonly the default protocol, but changing the primary protocol does not resolve a UserGroup-to-connection-profile name mismatch.

DUserGroup must be the same as the name of the connection profile.Correct

The AnyConnect XML client profile uses the UserGroup field to identify which connection profile (tunnel-group) on the ASA the client should target. When UserGroup does not match the tunnel-group name, the ASA cannot map the connection to the correct group policy and authentication realm, causing subsequent connection attempts to fail. Since the first connection typically uses the default group, a mismatch only manifests on directed reconnection attempts.

Concept tested: AnyConnect XML profile UserGroup to connection profile mapping

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/vpn_client/anyconnect/anyconnect46/administration/guide/b_AnyConnect_Administrator_Guide_4-6/configure-anyconnect-profile.html

Topics

#AnyConnect#UserGroup#connection profile#tunnel-group mapping

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