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HPE6-A78 · Question #168

You have deployed a new Aruba Mobility Controller (MC) and campus APs (CAPs). One of the WLANs enforces 802.1X authentication to Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM). When you test connecting the…

The correct answer is C. Check CPPM Event viewer. When dealing with a failed 802.1X authentication attempt to a WLAN enforced by Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM) where no record of the attempt is seen in ClearPass Access Tracker, a good next troubleshooting step is to check the CPPM Event Viewer. Since you are able to…

Monitoring and Troubleshooting Aruba Network Security

Question

You have deployed a new Aruba Mobility Controller (MC) and campus APs (CAPs). One of the WLANs enforces 802.1X authentication to Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM). When you test connecting the client to the WLAN. the test falls. You check Aruba ClearPass Access Tracker and cannot find a record of the authentication attempt. You ping from the MC to CPPM, and the ping is successful. What is a good next step for troubleshooting?

Options

  • ARenew CPPM's RADIUS/EAP certificate
  • BReset the user credentials
  • CCheck CPPM Event viewer.
  • DCheck connectivity between CPPM and a backend directory server

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  • C
    69% (11)
  • D
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Explanation

When dealing with a failed 802.1X authentication attempt to a WLAN enforced by Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM) where no record of the attempt is seen in ClearPass Access Tracker, a good next troubleshooting step is to check the CPPM Event Viewer. Since you are able to successfully ping from the Mobility Controller to CPPM, this indicates that there is network connectivity between these two devices. The lack of a record in Access Tracker suggests that the issue may not be with the RADIUS/EAP certificate or user credentials, but possibly with the ClearPass service itself or its reception of authentication requests. The Event Viewer can provide detailed logs that might reveal internal errors or misconfigurations within CPPM that could prevent it from processing authentication attempts properly.

Topics

#802.1X troubleshooting#ClearPass Access Tracker#RADIUS#WLAN authentication

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