Cisco Cisco NAC Appliance 4.8.3 Release Notes

This section contains the following topics:

You can install or upgrade to Cisco NAC Appliance Release 4.8(3) on the following FIPS-compliant 
Cisco NAC Appliance platforms:

NAC-3315, NAC-3355, and NAC-3395

Release 4.8 and 4.7(0) are the only certified FIPS-compliant Cisco NAC Appliance releases.

You can install or upgrade to Cisco NAC Appliance Release 4.8(3) on the following Cisco NAC 
Appliance platforms:

NAC-3315, NAC-3355, and NAC-3395

NAC-3310, NAC-3350, NAC-3390

NAC-3310, NAC-3350, and NAC-3390 can be made FIPS-compliant by installing a field-replaceable 
FIPS card as described in the 

Next generation Cisco NAC Appliance platforms (FIPS or non-FIPS Cisco NAC-3315, NAC-3355, 
NAC-3395) support fresh installation of Release 4.8(3) or upgrade from Release 4.7(x), or 4.8(x) to 
Release 4.8(3) only.

If the FIPS card in a CAM/CAS ceases to work correctly, make sure the card operation switch is set to 
“O” (for operational mode), as described in 

. If the card is still not operational, 

you will need to RMA the appliance with Cisco Systems and replace it with a new Cisco 
NAC-3315/3355/3395 platform. Refer to the “

” section of 

 for details.

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Additionally, Cisco NAC Appliance Release 4.8(3) provides substantial changes and enhancements for 
product hardware support, installation, and upgrade: 

A single product installation CD (.ISO) provides the option to perform CD installation on all 
supported appliance platforms. The installation package detects whether a CAS, CAM or 
SuperCAM was previously installed along with the software version.