Whenever we boot or reboot a Cisco router or switch we have to wait a number of minutes before we can get a username prompt for login. We get a few fail messages
Press RETURN to get started.
% Authentication failed
% Authentication failed
% Authentication failed
Press RETURN to get started.
After a few minutes the below error message comes up and we can then successfully get a username prompt to start the login process.
Aug 9 09:48:25.719: %AAA-3-DROPACCTFAIL: Accounting record dropped, send to server failed: system
Our default AAA config was created a long time ago so it may need some updating if it is the cause of our issues.
VRF devices:
!
aaa new-model
aaa group server tacacs+ tacacs1
server-private <IP> key 7 <key>
server-private <IP> key 7 <key>
ip vrf forwarding <vrf-name>
ip tacacs source-interface <interface>
aaa authentication login default group tacacs1 local
aaa authentication login no_tacacs enable
aaa authentication login eap_methods group rad_eap
aaa authentication login mac_methods local
aaa authentication ppp default group tacacs1
aaa authorization exec default group tacacs1 local
aaa authorization network default group tacacs1 local
aaa accounting exec default start-stop group tacacs1
aaa accounting commands 1 default stop-only group tacacs1
aaa accounting commands 15 default start-stop group tacacs1
aaa accounting network default start-stop group tacacs1
aaa accounting network acct_methods start-stop group rad_acct
aaa accounting connection default start-stop group tacacs1
aaa accounting system default start-stop group tacacs1
aaa session-id common
!
Non-VRF devices:
!
aaa new-model
aaa authentication login default group tacacs+ local
aaa authentication login no_tacacs enable
aaa authentication ppp default group tacacs+
aaa authentication dot1x default group radius
aaa authorization exec default group tacacs+ local
aaa authorization network default group radius
aaa accounting exec default start-stop group tacacs+
aaa accounting commands 1 default stop-only group tacacs+
aaa accounting commands 15 default start-stop group tacacs+
aaa accounting network default start-stop group tacacs+
aaa accounting connection default start-stop group tacacs+
aaa accounting system default start-stop group tacacs+
aaa session-id common
!
tacacs-server host <ip>
tacacs-server host <ip>
tacacs-server directed-request
tacacs-server key 7 <key>
!