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Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Manager Installation and Configuration Guide, Release 4.6(1)
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About This Guide
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Introduction
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Installing the Clean Access Manager
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Device Management: Adding Clean Access Servers, Adding Filters
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Switch Management: Configuring Out-of-Band Deployment
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Wireless LAN Controller Management: Configuring Wireless Out-of-Band Deployment
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Configuring User Login Page and Guest Access
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User Management: Configuring User Roles and Local Users
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User Management: Configuring Authentication Servers
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User Management: Traffic Control, Bandwidth, Schedule
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Configuring Cisco NAC Appliance for Agent Login and Client Posture Assessment
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Cisco NAC Appliance Agents
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Monitoring and Troubleshooting Agent Sessions
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Configuring Network Scanning
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Monitoring Event Logs
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Administering the CAM
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Configuring High Availability
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Error and Event Log Messages
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API Support
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Windows Client Registry Settings
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Open Source License Acknowledgements
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Index
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Table Of Contents
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
About This Guide
Revised July 16, 2009, OL-19354-01This preface includes the following sections:
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Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Audience
This guide is for network administrators who are implementing the Cisco NAC Appliance solution to manage and secure their networks. Cisco NAC Appliance comprises the Clean Access Manager (CAM) administration appliance, Clean Access Server (CAS) enforcement appliance, and Agent end-user client software. Use this document along with the Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Server Installation and Configuration Guide, Release 4.6(1) to install and administer your Cisco NAC Appliance deployment.
Purpose
The Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Manager Installation and Configuration Guide, Release 4.6(1) describes how to install and configure the Clean Access Manager NAC Appliance. You can use the Clean Access Manager (CAM) and its web-based administration console to manage multiple Clean Access Servers (CASs) in a deployment. End users connect through the Clean Access Server to the network via web login or Agent. This guide describes how to use the CAM web administration console to configure most aspects of Cisco NAC Appliance. It also provides information specific to the Clean Access Manager, such how to implement High Availability. See Product Documentation for further details on the document set for Cisco NAC Appliance.
Document Organization
Table 1 Document Organization
Provides a high-level overview of the Cisco NAC Appliance solution
Describes how to install the Clean Access Manager
Chapter 3, "Device Management: Adding Clean Access Servers, Adding Filters"
Describes how to add and manage Clean Access Servers from the Clean Access Manager and configure device and/or subnet filters
Chapter 4, "Switch Management: Configuring Out-of-Band Deployment"
Describes how to configure Cisco NAC Appliance for Out-of-Band (OOB) deployment
Chapter 5, "Wireless LAN Controller Management: Configuring Wireless Out-of-Band Deployment"
Describes how to configure Cisco NAC Appliance for Wireless Out-of-Band (Wireless OOB) deployment.
Explains how to add the default login page needed for all users to authenticate, customize the login page for web login users, and configure Cisco NAC Appliance for guest user login
Chapter 7, "User Management: Configuring User Roles and Local Users"
Explains how to create user roles and new user profiles
Chapter 8, "User Management: Configuring Authentication Servers"
Describes how to set up external authentication sources, configure Active Directory Single Sign-On (SSO), VLAN ID or attribute-based auth server mapping rules, and RADIUS accounting
Chapter 9, "User Management: Traffic Control, Bandwidth, Schedule"
Describes how to configure role-based traffic control policies, bandwidth management, session and heartbeat timers
Chapter 10, "Configuring Cisco NAC Appliance for Agent Login and Client Posture Assessment"
Describes how to configure Agent distribution and installation for client machines, as well as configure client posture assessment in the Cisco NAC Appliance system
Presents overviews, login flow, and session termination dialogs for the Cisco NAC Appliance Agents (Cisco NAC Agent, Clean Access Agent, and Cisco NAC Web Agent)
Provides information on compiling and accessing various Cisco NAC Appliance Agent reports and log files and troubleshooting Agent connection and operation issues
Describes how to set up network scanning for Cisco NAC Appliance
Describes the Monitoring module of Cisco NAC Appliance, including online users, event logs, and SNMP information
Discusses the Administration pages for the Clean Access Manager
Describes how to set up a pair of Clean Access Manager machines for high availability
Explains some common Cisco NAC Appliance error messages and event log entries
Discusses API support for the Clean Access Manager
Describes how to configure and enable various Clean Access Agent features using Windows client machine registry settings
Contains Open Source License information for Cisco products
Document Conventions
New Features in this Release
For a brief summary of the new features and enhancements available in this release refer to Documentation Updates and the "New and Changed Information" section of the Release Notes for Cisco NAC Appliance, Version 4.6(1).
Product Documentation
lists documents are available for Cisco NAC Appliance on Cisco.com at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6128/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
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Table 3 Cisco NAC Appliance Document Set
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Support Information for Cisco NAC Appliance Agents, Release 4.5 and Later
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Getting Started with Cisco NAC Network Modules in Cisco Access Routers
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Details on the latest 4.6(1) release, including:
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Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Manager Installation and Configuration Guide, Release 4.6(1)
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Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Server Installation and Configuration Guide, Release 4.6(1)
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Documentation Updates
Table 4 Updates to Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Manager Installation and Configuration Guide, Release 4.6(1)
7/1/09
Release 4.6(1)
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html
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