Cisco Cisco NAC Appliance 4.1.0
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Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Server Installation and Administration Guide
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Installing the Clean Access Server NAC
Appliance
Appliance
This chapter describes how to install the Clean Access Server (CAS). Topics include:
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Overview
The Cisco NAC Appliance is a Linux-based network hardware appliance.
Cisco NAC Appliance software is distributed as an installation CD-ROM that will install either the Clean
Access Manager or Clean Access Server application, the operating system and all relevant components
on a dedicated server machine. The operating system comprises a hardened Linux kernel based on a
Fedora core. Once the software is installed (either CAM or CAS) on a dedicated server, the Cisco NAC
Appliance does not support the installation of any other packages or applications onto a CAS or CAM.
Access Manager or Clean Access Server application, the operating system and all relevant components
on a dedicated server machine. The operating system comprises a hardened Linux kernel based on a
Fedora core. Once the software is installed (either CAM or CAS) on a dedicated server, the Cisco NAC
Appliance does not support the installation of any other packages or applications onto a CAS or CAM.
If you received the Clean Access Server on the distribution CD-ROM, you will need to install it on the
target machine as follows:
target machine as follows:
Step 1
Physically connect the server machine to the network. If intending to configure the CAS in Virtual
Gateway mode, see
Gateway mode, see
first before physically
connecting the server to the network.
Step 2
Connect a monitor and keyboard to the server machine, or connect to the machine from a workstation by
serial cable.
serial cable.