

The attributes can be added to existing framework, such as the local user database or subscriber profile. You can configure your router so that AAA authentication and authorization attributes currently available on AAA servers are made available on existing Cisco IOS XE devices.

As such, it maintains its own local dictionary of all supported attributes. The AAA subsystem (authentication, authorization, and accounting) is responsible for managing all supported attributes that are available to the various services within the Cisco IOS XE software.
