Cisco Cisco NAC Appliance 4.5 Release Notes
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Release Notes for Cisco NAC Appliance, Version 4.5(1)
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System and Hardware Requirements
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Release 4.5 and Hardware Platform Support
Starting from Cisco NAC Appliance Release 4.5, Cisco NAC Appliance software only supports and can
only be installed on the following Cisco NAC Appliance platforms:
only be installed on the following Cisco NAC Appliance platforms:
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Cisco CCA-3140
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Cisco NAC-3310
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Cisco NAC-3350
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Cisco NAC-3390
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(NME-NAC-K9)
Note
If upgrading a CCA-3140 appliance from 4.1(6) to 4.5 and later, refer to
prior to upgrade.
Additionally, Cisco NAC Appliance Release 4.5 provides substantial changes and enhancements for
product hardware support, installation and upgrade:
product hardware support, installation and upgrade:
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A single product installation CD (ISO) provides the option to perform CD installation on CCA-3140
and NAC-3300 series appliance platforms. The installation package detects whether a CAS, CAM
or SuperCAM was previously installed along with the software version.
and NAC-3300 series appliance platforms. The installation package detects whether a CAS, CAM
or SuperCAM was previously installed along with the software version.
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For NAC-3310 appliances, the DL140 and serial_DL140 boot installation directives are no longer
required when installing the software starting from Release 4.5.
required when installing the software starting from Release 4.5.
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Web upgrade is no longer supported for upgrade to release 4.5. To upgrade your CAM and CAS
from 4.1(x) or 4.0(x) releases, you must copy the cca_upgrade-4.5.1-NO-WEB.tar.gz file to each
CAM and CAS appliance and run the upgrade script via the command line. Refer to
from 4.1(x) or 4.0(x) releases, you must copy the cca_upgrade-4.5.1-NO-WEB.tar.gz file to each
CAM and CAS appliance and run the upgrade script via the command line. Refer to
and
for details.
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Neither the installation CD nor the upgrade file will execute if attempting to run them on a
non-supported platform. Refer to
non-supported platform. Refer to
for additional
details.
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Legacy customers on non-appliance platforms who wish to upgrade to release 4.5 will need to
purchase a supported platform to install the release 4.5 software. Refer to
purchase a supported platform to install the release 4.5 software. Refer to
for
additional details.
See also
for additional information.
Cisco NAC Network Module
The Cisco NAC Network Module for Integrated Services Routers (NME-NAC-K9) is a next generation
service module for the Cisco 2811, 2821, 2851, 3825, and 3845 Integrated Services Routers (ISRs) that
is supported starting from Cisco NAC Appliance, Release 4.1(2) and later. The Cisco NAC network
module has the same software features as the Clean Access Server on a NAC-3300 series appliance, with
the exception of high availability. NME-NAC-K9 does not support failover from one module to another.
service module for the Cisco 2811, 2821, 2851, 3825, and 3845 Integrated Services Routers (ISRs) that
is supported starting from Cisco NAC Appliance, Release 4.1(2) and later. The Cisco NAC network
module has the same software features as the Clean Access Server on a NAC-3300 series appliance, with
the exception of high availability. NME-NAC-K9 does not support failover from one module to another.