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Configuration Guide for Cisco Secure ACS 4.2
OL-14390-02
Preface
Audience
This guide is for security administrators who use Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS), and who
set up and maintain network and application security.
Organization
This document contains:
• Chapter 1, “Overview of ACS Configuration”—Provides an overview of ACS configuration,
including a summary of configuration steps and configuration flowchart that show the sequence of
configuration steps.
• Chapter 2, “Deploy the Access Control Servers”—Describes factors to consider when deploying ACS,
including the access type, network topology, and whether database synchronization and replication
are required.
• Chapter 3, “Configuring New Features in ACS 4.2”—Describes how to configure the most important
new features in ACS 4.2.
• Chapter 4, “Using RDBMS Synchronization to Create dACLs and Specify Network
Configuration”—Describes how to configure new RDBMS synchronization features in ACS 4.2 and run
RDBMS Sync remotely on the ACS Solution Engine.
• Chapter 5, “Password Policy Configuration Scenario”—Describes how to configure Sarbanes-Oxley
(SOX) support when adding administrators.
• Chapter 6, “Agentless Host Support Configuration Scenario”—Describes how to configure ACS for
agentless host support (MAC authentication bypass).
• Chapter 7, “PEAP/EAP-TLS Configuration Scenario”—Describes how to configure ACS for
PEAP/EAP-TLS support.
• Chapter 8, “Syslog Logging Configuration Scenario”—Describes how to configure ACS to log
syslog messages.
• Chapter 9, “NAC Configuration Scenario”—Describes how to configure ACS in a Cisco Network
Admission Control (NAC) and Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) environment.
• “Glossary”—Lists common terms used in ACS.