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ODBC Database
Step 4 If you are creating a configuration, follow these steps:
a.
b.
c.
Step 5 Click Configure.
From the System DSN list, select the DSN that is configured on the
Step 6
Cisco Secure ACS server to communicate with the ODBC-compliant relational
database you want to use.
Note
In the DSN Username box, type the username required to perform transactions
Step 7
with your ODBC database.
In the DSN Password box, type the password required to perform transactions
Step 8
with your ODBC database.
In the DSN Connection Retries box, type the number of times Cisco Secure ACS
Step 9
should try to connect to the ODBC database before timing out. The default is 3.
Note
To change the ODBC worker thread count, in the ODBC Worker Threads box,
Step 10
type the number of ODBC worker threads. The maximum thread count is 10. The
default is 1.
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Click Create New Configuration.
Type a name for the new configuration for ODBC authentication in the box
provided, or accept the default name in the box.
Click Submit.
Result: Cisco Secure ACS lists the new configuration in the External User
Database Configuration table.
If you have not configured on the Cisco Secure ACS server a DSN for
the relational database, do so before completing these steps. For more
information about creating a DSN for Cisco Secure ACS ODBC
authentication, see the
an ODBC External User Database" section on page
If you have connection problems when Windows NT/2000 starts,
increase this value.
Chapter 11
"Configuring a System Data Source Name for
Working with User Databases
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