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Table 98. Session Identification Attributes
Attribute
code
Attribute Description
31 Calling-Station-Id (MAC
Address)
The link address from which session is connected.
Table 99. Vendor-specific Attributes
Attribute
code
Attribute Description
26 Vendor-
specific
NAS supports the following values for the vendor-specific attributes:
t=26(vendor-speific);l=length;vendor-identification-attribute;Length=value;data=”cmd=re-
authenticate”
t=26(vendor-speific);l=length;vendor-identification-attribute;Length=value;data=”cmd=disable-host-
port”
t=26(vendor-speific);l=length;vendor-identification-attribute;Length=value;data=”cmd=bounce-host-
port”
t=26(vendor-speific);l=length;vendor-identification-attribute;Length=value;data=”cmd=terminate-
session”
t=26(vendor-speific);l=length;vendor-identification-attribute;Length=value;data=”cmd=disconnect-
user”
The vendor identification attribute can be one of the following:
v=9(Cisco);Vendor-Type=1(cisco-av-pair) Length = value
v=6027 (Force10);Vendor-Type=1(Force10-av-pair) Length = value
Table 100. DM Attributes
Attribute
code
Attribute Description
1 User-Name(Mandatory) Name of the user associated with one or more sessions.
Error-cause Values
It is possible that a Dynamic Authorization Server cannot honor Disconnect Message request or CoA request packets for some reason.
The Error-Cause Attribute provides more detail on the cause of the problem. It may be included within CoA-Nak and Disconnect-Nak
packets.
The following table describes various error causes for the CoA and DM requests:
Table 101. Error Causes for CoA and DM Requests
Serial
Number
Error-cause Scenarios
1 Unsupported Attributes(401)
CoA or DM request containing one or more unsupported attributes.
DM requests containing attributes other than NAS/Session identification
attributes.
2 Invalid Attribute Value(407)
CoA or DM request containing the incorrect NAS-Port, calling-station-id, and
Vendor-Specific attribute values.
3 NAS Identification
Mismatch(403)
CoA request containing NAS-IP-Address or NAS-IPV6-Address that does not
match NAS.
4 Administratively Prohibited(501)
NAS is configured to ignore the CoA or DM request. Also, dot1x is not configured
on the NAS-Port.
5 Session Context Not
Found(503)
CoA or DM request containing session identification attributes that does not match
any of the NAS user sessions.
820 Security