As announced already some time ago, Cisco will no longer support either the
hardware or the software of their Access Control System (Cisco ACS) product
line. If your network administration still runs Cisco ACS, it’s time to take
action and upgrade it into a product with a clear future for updates and
support. Radiator AAA Server software, often referred to as the Swiss Army Knife
of AAA Servers, can pick up from there.
As mentioned in a
previous Radiator Cookbook post
in 2018, Radiator AAA Server Software offers TACACS+ support and can be
integrated with existing hardware to replace current solution’s TACACS+ and
RADIUS functionalities. This means that Radiator can replace the authentication functions Cisco ACS did in your previous system. All that is required is an external database for user credentials that Radiator integrates to.
Radiator is actively developed, with multiple updates per year, so continuous
support for your solution is given. And most importantly, Radiator’s support
team consists of experienced professionals who have developed and actively
develop Radiator AAA, so your support requests are always handled by capable
RADIUS and TACACS+ experts.
These same professionals will be handling the transition work from ACS to
Radiator AAA, if you so wish. Our technical team consists of experienced seniors
with vast experience in enterprise, ISP, CSP and other AAA solution integrations
and have done these transition projects even before the EOL was announced.
Radiator, being a flexible AAA Server with TACACS+ support, can replace ACS’s
TACACS+ and RADIUS functions. Radiator does not have the built-in database, but
rather integrates to a customer’s existing database. If need be, we are happy
this database solution through our partner. The flexibility of Radiator also includes
multi-vendor support for NAS devices. This means that changing NAS devices will not be troubled by vendor lock-in.
Want to know more?
If you want to know more about Radiator AAA Server software as the flexible and supported replacement for Cisco ACS, do not hesitate to contact our sales team sales(at)radiatorsoftware.com.
