Cisco Cisco NAC Appliance 4.9.5 Technical Manual

NAC Appliance (CCA): Configure High Availability
(HA) for the Clean Access Manager (CAM)

Document ID: 99945

Contents

Introduction
Prerequisites
Requirements
Components Used
Conventions
Overview
Basic Requirements Before You Proceed
Connect the Clean Access Manager Machines
Serial Connection
Configure the HA−Primary CAM
Configure the HA−Secondary CAM
Complete the Configuration
Failing Over an HA−CAM Pair
Useful CLI Commands for HA
How to Verify Active/Standby Runtime Status on the HA CAM
How to Verify Primary/Secondary Configuration Status on the HA CAM
Troubleshoot
Problem 1
Solution
Problem 2
Solution
Problem 3
Solution
Related Information

Introduction

This document describes how to set up a pair of Clean Access Manager (CAM) machines for High
Availability (HA). When Clean Access Managers are deployed in High Availability mode, you can ensure
that important monitoring, authentication, and reporting tasks continue in the event of an unexpected
shutdown.

Note: Refer to the Configuring High Availability (HA) section of the Cisco NAC Appliance − Clean Access
Server (CAS) Installation and Administration Guide in order to know how to configure the HA feature in the
CAS.

Prerequisites

Requirements

There are no specific requirements for this document.