Cisco Cisco Clean Access 3.5
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Cisco Clean Access Manager Installation and Administration Guide
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Chapter 11 Clean Access Agent
Distribute the Clean Access Agent
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Current Clean Access Agent is a mandatory upgrade— If checked, when the user attempts login,
the user must accept the prompt to upgrade to the latest version of the Agent to access the network.
If left unchecked (optional upgrade), the user is prompted to upgrade to the latest Agent version but
can postpone the upgrade and still log in with the existing Agent. See
the user must accept the prompt to upgrade to the latest version of the Agent to access the network.
If left unchecked (optional upgrade), the user is prompted to upgrade to the latest Agent version but
can postpone the upgrade and still log in with the existing Agent. See
Note
New installs of 3.5(3) and above automatically set the “Current Clean Access Agent Patch is a
mandatory upgrade” option by default under Device Management > Clean Access > Clean
Access Agent > Distribution. For CAM/CAS upgrades, the current setting (enabled or disabled)
will be carried over to the upgraded system.
mandatory upgrade” option by default under Device Management > Clean Access > Clean
Access Agent > Distribution. For CAM/CAS upgrades, the current setting (enabled or disabled)
will be carried over to the upgraded system.
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Do not offer current Clean Access Agent Patch to users for upgrade — (release 3.5.6 and above)
Checking this option prevents upgrade notifications (mandatory or optional) to all 3.5.1+ Agent
users, even when an Agent update is available on the CAM. Enabling this option in effect prevents
distribution of the Agent Patch upgrade to users.
Checking this option prevents upgrade notifications (mandatory or optional) to all 3.5.1+ Agent
users, even when an Agent update is available on the CAM. Enabling this option in effect prevents
distribution of the Agent Patch upgrade to users.
Note
For release 3.5(5) and below, the user is always prompted to upgrade the Agent (whether
optional or mandatory) if an Agent update is available from the CAM.
optional or mandatory) if an Agent update is available from the CAM.
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Clean Access Agent Setup to Upload—Use this field to manually upload the installation .tar.gz file
(release 3.5.1 and above). See
(release 3.5.1 and above). See
for details.
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Version—For manual upload, keep the same version number used for the Cisco Clean Access
Agent.
Agent.
Configure Clean Access Agent Auto-Upgrade
Auto-Upgrade of the Agent is available with release 3.5(1) and above of the CAM/CAS/Agent.
Once the 3.5.1+ Agent is installed on clients, it automatically detects when an Agent upgrade is
available, downloads the upgrade from the CAS, and upgrades itself on the client after user confirmation.
Administrators can make Agent Auto-Upgrade mandatory or optional for users.
available, downloads the upgrade from the CAS, and upgrades itself on the client after user confirmation.
Administrators can make Agent Auto-Upgrade mandatory or optional for users.
With upgrade to 3.5(6) CAM/CAS, the Clean Access Agent Distribution page provides a “Do not offer
current Clean Access Agent Patch to users for upgrade” option to prevents upgrade notifications
when an Agent update becomes available on the CAM. Enabling this option prevents distribution of the
Agent Patch upgrade to users when a newer Agent is downloaded to the CAM.
current Clean Access Agent Patch to users for upgrade” option to prevents upgrade notifications
when an Agent update becomes available on the CAM. Enabling this option prevents distribution of the
Agent Patch upgrade to users when a newer Agent is downloaded to the CAM.
This section describes the following:
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