Cisco Cisco NAC Appliance 4.1.0
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Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Manager Installation and Administration Guide
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Chapter 11 Distributing the Clean Access Agent
Configuring Agent Distribution/Installation
Installation
The Clean Access Manager provides installation options to allow the administrator to configure the
Discovery Host for the Agent, as well as the user interaction needed when the Agent is initially installed.
The installation options apply to both direct installation of the Agent (where the user installs the Agent
directly on the client machine), and stub installation (where the Agent installer is launched through the
stub installer).
Discovery Host for the Agent, as well as the user interaction needed when the Agent is initially installed.
The installation options apply to both direct installation of the Agent (where the user installs the Agent
directly on the client machine), and stub installation (where the Agent installer is launched through the
stub installer).
Note
The 4.1(0) installation options apply to the Windows Agent installer only.
To configure installation options:
1.
Make sure use of the Agent is required as described in
2.
Go to Device Management > Clean Access > Clean Access Agent > Installation.
Figure 11-5
Clean Access Agent Installation Page
3.
Enter a new Discovery Host , or leave the default (CAM IP address) as necessary for your network.
The Discovery Host field is used by the Clean Access Agent to send a proprietary, encrypted,
UDP-based protocol to the Clean Access Manager to discover the Clean Access Server in Layer-3
deployment. The field automatically populates with the CAM’s IP address (or DNS host name). In
most cases, the default IP address does not need to be changed, but in cases where the CAM’s IP
address is not routed through the CAS, the Discovery Host can be any IP address or host name that
can be reached from client machines via the CAS.
The Discovery Host field is used by the Clean Access Agent to send a proprietary, encrypted,
UDP-based protocol to the Clean Access Manager to discover the Clean Access Server in Layer-3
deployment. The field automatically populates with the CAM’s IP address (or DNS host name). In
most cases, the default IP address does not need to be changed, but in cases where the CAM’s IP
address is not routed through the CAS, the Discovery Host can be any IP address or host name that
can be reached from client machines via the CAS.