Table Of Contents

About This Guide

Audience

Purpose

New Features in this Release

Product Documentation

Documentation Updates

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Document Conventions

About This Guide

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This preface includes the following sections:

•Audience

•Purpose

•New Features in this Release

•Product Documentation

•Documentation Updates

•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

•Document Conventions

Audience

This guide is for network administrators who are implementing Cisco NAC Guest Server to provision guest access on their networks. Cisco NAC Guest Server works alongside Cisco NAC Appliance, Cisco Unified Wireless Networks and other Cisco Network Enforcement devices which provide the captive portal and enforcement point for guest access.

Purpose

The Cisco NAC Guest Server Installation and Configuration Guide describes how to install and configure the Cisco NAC Guest Server appliance. It describes the simple initial installation of the appliance via CLI and the configuration and administration of the Guest Access Portal through the web-based interface.

New Features in this Release

For a brief summary of the new features and enhancements available in this release, refer to the "New and Changed Information" section of the Release Notes for Cisco NAC Guest Server, Release 2.0.1.

Product Documentation

lists documents that are available for Cisco NAC Guest Server 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 1 Cisco NAC Appliance Document Set

Document Title	Refer to This Document For Information On:
Release Notes for Cisco NAC Guest Server, Release 2.0.1	Details on the latest Cisco NAC Guest Server release.
Cisco NAC Guest Server Installation and Configuration Guide (this document)	Hardware information, initial installation, setup and configuration instructions for Cisco NAC Guest Server.
Cisco NAC Appliance Service Contract / Licensing Support	Information on service contract support, licensing support and RMA support for Cisco NAC Appliance, Cisco NAC Profiler and Cisco NAC Guest Server.
Cisco NAC Appliance Product Literature	Online links to Ordering Guide Bulletins, Data Sheets, Q&A and Chalk Talk presentations.
Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Manager Installation and Configuration Guide Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Server Installation and Configuration Guide	Configuration guides for the Clean Access Manager and Clean Access Server.
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Configuration Guide, Release	Configuration information for Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers (version 4.0.219 and later).

Documentation Updates

Table 2 Updates to Cisco NAC Guest Server Installation and Configuration Guide, Release 2.0.1

Date	Description
9/23/09	Document updates for Cisco NAC Guest Server Release 2.0.1: •Added TimeZone option and From Creation option in Configuring Time Profiles, page 6-10. •Added procedure for Additional Attributes in Configure CAM to Format RADIUS Accounting Data, page 7-6. •Added additional special variables to be used in the HTML code in Editing the Print Template, page 11-5 and Editing the Email Template, page 11-7. •Added the following sections to Chapter 12, Configuring Hotspots: –Creating a Login Page (WLC), page 12-12 –Creating a Billing Page (WLC), page 12-19 –Creating a Password Change Page (WLC), page 12-24 –The ngsOptions Configuration Object, page 12-26 –Default Error/Status Messages, page 12-27 –Default Form Labels, page 12-29 •Added SNMP MIB Files, page 15-4. •Added Screenshot for Change Password, page 17-4 •Added Report Settings, page 17-5 •Added Managing Guest Accounts, page 17-15 •Added search, page A-11 API for Guest Account Details
9/23/09	Resolved Caveats for Release 2.0.1: •CSCsz54931 — NGS: buildNumber & buildOn elements will be removed for getVersion. –buildNumber & buildOn elements removed from .getVersion Example Use, page 11 •CSCta01186 — Install SSL Cert on HA NGS server located behind load balancer. –Added the procedure to Configuring SSL Certificates, page 3-9. •CSCtb28473 — NAC Guest Server guide, "Receive Email Confirmation" behavior is wrong. –The description for "Receive Email Confirmation" checkbox has been updated in Change Default Settings, page 17-3. •CSCsy79092 — Need to specify Access Plan are mandatory for hotspot. –The description for Add Access Plan button has been updated in Adding Hotspot Sites, page 12-1, below Figure 12-5. •CSCsy79298 — Update Special variable list in user interface Templates. –Special Variables %DURATION% and %ALLOWEDWINDOW% added to Editing the Print Template, page 11-5, Editing the Email Template, page 11-7, and Editing the SMS Template, page 11-8. •CSCsy85684 — Doc: NGS: Admin Radius Login needs to be administrative. –IETF Service-Type attribute set to 6 (admin). The text admin has been changed to administrative. Configuring RADIUS for Administrator Authentication, page 3-17.
4/16/09	Added new section Time Formats, page A-2.
2/10/09	•Added new section Configuring Boot Settings on NAC-3310 Based Appliances, page 2-11. •Added additional screenshot to Creating Multiple Random Accounts, page 17-11.
2/9/09	Cisco NAC Guest Server Release 2.0.

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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Document Conventions

Item	Convention
Indicates command line output.	Screen font
Indicates information you enter.	Boldface font
Indicates variables for which you supply values.	Italic font
Indicates web admin console modules, menus, tabs, links and submenu links.	Boldface font
Indicates a menu item to be selected.	Administration  > User Pages