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Chapter 3 Installing the Clean Access Manager and Clean Access Server
Installing the Clean Access Manager
Summary of Steps For New Installation
Note
If relevant, back up your current Clean Access Manager configuration and save the snapshot to your
local computer for safekeeping as described in the
Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Manager
Configuration Guide, Release 4.8(3)
.
Step 1
Follow the instructions on your welcome letter to obtain a valid license file for your installation. Refer
to the instructions in
Cisco NAC Appliance Service Contract/Licensing Support
for details. (If you are
evaluating Cisco NAC Appliance, visit
http://www.cisco.com/go/license/public
to obtain an evaluation
license.)
When you add the initial CAM license, the top of the CAM web console will display the type of Clean
Access Manager license installed:
•
Cisco Clean Access Lite Manager
supports 3 Clean Access Servers
•
Cisco Clean Access Standard Manager
supports 20 Clean Access Servers
•
Cisco Clean Access Super Manager
supports 40 Clean Access Servers
(SuperCAM runs only on the NAC-3390 platform)
Additionally, the
Administration > CCA Manager > Licensing
page will display the types of licenses
present after they are added. See
Install CAM License, page 3-13
for further details.
Step 2
Obtain a bootable CD of the latest version of the software. You can log in and download the latest 4.8(x)
.ISO image from Cisco Software Download Site at
http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/index.shtml
,
or click the “Download Software” link from the Cisco NAC Appliance support page
here
and burn it as
a bootable disk to a CD-R.
Note
Cisco recommends burning the .ISO image to a CD-R using speeds 10x or lower. Higher speeds
can result in corrupted/unbootable installation CDs.
Step 3
Connect the CAM to the network and connect a monitor and keyboard to the CAM, or connect your
workstation to the CAM via serial cable, as described in
Connect the Clean Access Manager, page 3-4
.
Step 4
Install the software as described in
Install the Clean Access Manager (CAM) Software from CD-ROM,
page 3-5
.
Note
If your NAC-3310 appliance does not read the software on the CD ROM drive and instead
attempts to boot from the hard disk, before proceeding you will need to change the appliance
settings to boot from CD ROM as described in
Configuring Boot Settings on the Cisco NAC
Appliance CAM/CAS, page 3-40
.
Step 5
Perform the initial configuration of the CAM, as described in
Perform the Initial CAM Configuration,
page 3-6
.
Note
For High Availability mode, install and initially configure each CAM first before configuring HA. Refer
to
Installing a Clean Access Manager High Availability Pair, page 4-3
for details.
You must use identical appliances (e.g. NAC-3350 and NAC-3350) in order to configure High
Availability (HA) pairs of Clean Access Managers (CAMs) or Clean Access Servers (CASs).
