Cisco Cisco NAC Appliance 4.9.1 Installation Guide

You can use the NAC Appliance command line interface (CLI) to set basic operational parameters 
directly on the CAM or CAS machine if the web console is unavailable (for example, due to incorrect 
network or VLAN settings). Table 4 lists commonly used CLI commands. To run them, access the NAC 
Appliance via KVM, SSH or serial console, and log in as user root (default password cisco123).

Starts the configuration utility to modify CAM or CAS network 
settings and configuration. When done, run 

 

or 

 to reset the appliance with the modified settings. 

Starts up the CAM or CAS. The appliance must be stopped to use this 
command. If the appliance is running, a warning message appears. 

Shuts down the Clean Access service on the CAM or CAS

When the management VLAN is set, this command causes 
the CAS to lose network connectivity when issued. 

(CAS-only command)

CAS-only command that brings the CAS to maintenance mode, in 
which only the basic CAS router runs and continues to handle 
VLAN-tagged packets. 

The command allows communication through the management 
VLAN and is intended for environments where the CAS is in trunk 
mode and the native VLAN is different than the management VLAN. 

Shuts down the Clean Access service and starts it up again on the 
CAM or CAS. This is used when the service is already running and 
you want to restart it. 

Do not use 

to test high availability 

(failover). Instead, use the 

 or 

 Linux 

command on the appliance to test failover, or, CLI commands 

 and 

.

Shuts down and reboots the CAM or CAS. Or, use Linux 

. 

Use to modify time zone settings. To view time, use Linux 

.