MSM7xx Controllers Configuration Guide v6.4.0

accounts is done using the options on the Controller >> Users menu, which includes the following
configuration pages: User accounts, Account profiles, Subscription plans, and Session persistence.
Each user account:
• Obtains account properties from one or more account profiles.
• Obtains account durations from one or more subscription plans.
• Is restricted for use with one or more VSCs.
Features
Access control
Two types of local user accounts are available: access-controlled and not access-controlled.
• Access-controlled accounts must be used with a VSC that is configured to provide access
control.
• Non-access-controlled accounts must be used with a VSC that is not configured to provide
access control. These accounts are used to handle authentication directly at the AP and cannot
make use of the access control capabilities of the controller (the controller must not be in the
traffic data path).
Validity and subscription plans
Each user account can be associated with a subscription plan that defines:
• The time period during which the account is available.
• The total amount of time a user can be online when logged in with the account.
VSC usage
User accounts can be restricted to specific VSCs. if a the specified VSC is not available, then the
user will not be able to connect with the account.
Account profiles
An account profile is used to define a specific set of features for a user account. Multiple account
profiles can be applied to a user account allowing the feature sets of each profile to be added to
the account.
NOTE: Each profile that is applied to a user account must have a unique feature set. The same
feature cannot be present in two different profiles.
About the Default AC profile
The Default AC profile is defined by default, and is always applied to all access-controlled user
accounts. You can view the settings for the Default AC profile by selecting it in the profile list.
However, you cannot edit any of its settings directly. All settings for this profile are defined by
setting attributes on the Controller >> Public access > Attributes page.
Supported attributes
The Public access > Attributes page allows a wide variety of attributes to be defined. However,
only attributes that pertain to user configuration are applied to the Default AC profile. This includes
the following attributes:
For more info seeAttribute
“Access list” (page 460).default-user-use-access-list
“Default user URLs” (page 475).default-user-welcome-url
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