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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Chapter 4 Installing the Clean Access Server NAC Appliance
Perform the Initial Configuration
Perform the Initial Configuration
When installing the Clean Access Server from CD-ROM, the
automatically
appears after the software packages install to prompt you for the initial server configuration.
Note
If necessary, you can always manually start the
as follows:
1.
Over a serial connection or working directly on the server machine, log onto the server as user
root
with default password
cisco123
.
2.
Run the initial configuration script by entering the following command:
service perfigo config
You can run the
service perfigo config
command to modify the configuration of the server if it cannot
be reached through the web admin console. For further details on CLI commands, see
.
Configuration Utility Script
1.
The configuration utility script suggests default values for particular parameters. To configure the
installation, either accept the default value or provide a new one, as described below.
installation, either accept the default value or provide a new one, as described below.
2.
After the software is installed from the CD and package installation is complete, the welcome script
for the configuration utility appears:
for the configuration utility appears:
Welcome to the Cisco Clean Access Server quick configuration utility.
Note that you need to be root to execute this utility.
The utility will now ask you a series of configuration questions.
Please answer them carefully.
3.
The script first asks for settings for the trusted interface (eth0). The trusted interface is the interface
to the protected, backend network.
to the protected, backend network.
Configuring the network interfaces:
Please enter the IP address for the interface eth0 [10.0.2.15]: 10.201.240.12
You entered 10.201.240.12 Is this correct? (y/n)? [y] y
At the prompt, type the eth0 IP address of the CAS and press Enter. At the confirmation prompt,
type
type
y
to accept the entry or type
n
to change it and enter another address for the trusted eth0
network interface. When prompted, press Enter to confirm the value.
Note
The eth0 IP address of the CAS is the same as the Management IP address.
4.
Type the subnet mask of the eth0 interface or press Enter to accept the default of 255.255.255.0.
Confirm the value at when prompted.
Confirm the value at when prompted.
Please enter the netmask for the interface eth0 [255.255.255.0]:
You entered 255.255.255.0, is this correct? (y/n)? [y]
5.
Specify the default gateway address for the trusted interface and press Enter. Confirm the value at
when prompted.
when prompted.
Please enter the IP address for the default gateway [10.201.240.1]:
You entered 10.201.240.1 Is this correct? (y/n)? [y]