Cisco Cisco NAC Appliance 4.1.0
Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Manager Installation and Administration Guide
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Chapter 4 Switch Management: Configuring Out-of-Band (OOB) Deployment
Configure OOB Switch Management in the CAM
Config Tab
The Config tab allows you to modify Basic, Advanced, and Group profile settings for a particular switch.
Basic
The Basic tab shows the following values configured for the switch.
Figure 4-25
Basic Config
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The first values come from the initial configuration done on the switch itself:
IP Address
MAC Address
Location
Contact
System Info (translated from the MIB for the switch)
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Switch Profile — Shows the Switch Profile you are using for this Switch configured under Switch
Management > Profiles > Switch. The Switch Profile sets the model type, the SNMP port on which
to send SNMP traps, SNMP version for read and write and corresponding community strings, or
authentication parameters (SNMP V3 Write).
Management > Profiles > Switch. The Switch Profile sets the model type, the SNMP port on which
to send SNMP traps, SNMP version for read and write and corresponding community strings, or
authentication parameters (SNMP V3 Write).
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Default Port Profile — Shows the default Port profile applied to unconfigured ports on the switch
on the Ports tab. The “uncontrolled” port profile is the initial default profile for all ports, unless you
change the setting here.
on the Ports tab. The “uncontrolled” port profile is the initial default profile for all ports, unless you
change the setting here.
Note
Because Cisco NAC Appliance OOB can control switch trunk ports, when upgrading, make sure
uplink ports for managed switches are configured as “uncontrolled” ports. You can do this before
upgrade by making sure the Default Port Profile for the entire switch is “uncontrolled” here, or,
after upgrade you can change the Profile to “uncontrolled” for the applicable uplink ports of the
switch under Switch Management > Devices > Switches > List > Ports [Switch_IP] | Profile
(see
uplink ports for managed switches are configured as “uncontrolled” ports. You can do this before
upgrade by making sure the Default Port Profile for the entire switch is “uncontrolled” here, or,
after upgrade you can change the Profile to “uncontrolled” for the applicable uplink ports of the
switch under Switch Management > Devices > Switches > List > Ports [Switch_IP] | Profile
(see
). This will prevent unnecessary issues when the Default Port Profile
for the switch has been configured as a managed/controlled port profile