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About This Guide
Revised January 23, 2013, OL-25188-01This 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 installing the Cisco NAC Appliance hardware and performing initial configuration to introduce the Clean Access Manager (CAM) and Clean Access Server (CAS) into the network. Use this document along with the Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Manager Configuration Guide, Release 4.9(1) and Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Server Configuration Guide, Release 4.9(1) to install, configure, and administer your Cisco NAC Appliance deployment.
Purpose
The Cisco NAC Appliance Hardware Installation Guide, Release 4.9 describes how to install and initially configure the Clean Access Manager and Clean Access Server on all Cisco NAC Appliance platforms. Once you have installed and initially configured the CAM and CAS, 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 Cisco NAC Agent. This guide also describes how to implement High Availability for the CAMs and CASs in your network.
See the Product Documentation section for further details on the document set for Cisco NAC Appliance.
Document Organization
This guide combines hardware and installation information for both the Clean Access Manager and Clean Access Server. Starting from Release 4.7(0), the Cisco NAC Appliance Hardware Installation Guide replaces the installation chapters that were formerly located in the Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Manager Installation and Configuration Guide and Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Server Installation and Configuration Guide.
Table 1 Document Organization
Provides information about the hardware platforms available in Cisco NAC Appliance
Outlines the steps necessary to ensure your environment is ready to install Cisco NAC Appliance hardware
Chapter 3 "Installing the Clean Access Manager and Clean Access Server"
Describes how to install and initially configure the Clean Access Manager and Clean Access Server
Describes how to set up a pair of Clean Access Manager or Clean Access Server machines for high availability
Defines the steps necessary to recover a lost Cisco NAC Appliance root password
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 corresponding Release Notes for Cisco NAC Appliance.
Product Documentation
lists the technical documentation available for Cisco NAC Appliance on Cisco.com at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6128/tsd_products_support_series_home.html.
When using the online publications, refer to the documents that match the software version running on your Cisco NAC Appliance (e.g. "Release 4.9").
See also the following product literature for additional details:
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Table 3 Cisco NAC Appliance Document Set
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Supported Hardware and System Requirements for Cisco NAC Appliance
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Support Information for Cisco NAC Appliance Agents, Release 4.5 and Later
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Cisco NAC Appliance Switch and Wireless LAN Controller Support
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Cisco NAC Appliance FIPS Card Field-Replaceable Unit Installation Guide
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Details on the latest 4.9(x) release, including:
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Cisco NAC Appliance Hardware Installation Guide, Release 4.9
Details on CAM/CAS installation topics:
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Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Manager Configuration Guide, Release 4.9(1)
Complete CAM details, including:
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Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Server Configuration Guide, Release 4.9(1)
CAS-specific details, including:
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Cisco NAC Appliance Migration Guide - Release 4.1(8) to Release 4.7(0)
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Documentation Updates
Table 4 Updates to Cisco NAC Appliance Hardware Installation Guide, Release 4.9(1)
4/25/2012
Release 4.9(1)
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9/23/2011
Release 4.9
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
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