Question 620
A network team moves administrator authentication from device-local accounts to centralized TACACS+ while retaining local break-glass fallback if servers are unreachable. During troubleshooting: All router administration fails when the TACACS+ server becomes unreachable. Which underlying cause best explains the recorded behavior?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The actual technical cause is: The AAA method list provides no valid local fallback for AAA server errors. It specifically explains the observation: all router administration fails when the TACACS+ server becomes unreachable. The correcting configuration is: create an AAA login method list with TACACS+ first and local fallback for server error cases.
Incorrect Answers
That diagnosis is supported by a different symptom: Remote SSH ignores TACACS+ authentication while console login correctly uses it. Here the recorded observation is: all router administration fails when the TACACS+ server becomes unreachable. The applicable cause is: the AAA method list provides no valid local fallback for AAA server errors.
That diagnosis is supported by a different symptom: The rejected engineer remains denied despite valid local credentials configured on the router. Here the recorded observation is: all router administration fails when the TACACS+ server becomes unreachable. The applicable cause is: the AAA method list provides no valid local fallback for AAA server errors.
That diagnosis is supported by a different symptom: Remote administration fails whenever the first configured TACACS+ server is unavailable. Here the recorded observation is: all router administration fails when the TACACS+ server becomes unreachable. The applicable cause is: the AAA method list provides no valid local fallback for AAA server errors.






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