Cisco Systems OL-20932-02 Network Router User Manual


 
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Cisco Physical Access Gateway User Guide
OL-20932-02
Chapter 1 Overview
System Overview
Cisco Physical Access Manager
The Cisco Physical Access Manager appliance (Cisco PAM) is a hardware and software solution that
provides advanced configuration, monitoring, and report generation for the entire system. Each Cisco
Physical Access Gateway is connected to the Cisco PAM appliance over an Ethernet-based IP network,
as shown in Figure 1-2 on page 1-3. A Java-based desktop application is installed on a PC connected to
the network, and used to configure and monitor the system, as shown in Figure 1-3.
Figure 1-3 Configuring and Monitoring Using the Cisco Physical Access Manager
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Cisco PAM
Appliance
Cisco PAM
Desktop Software
(Java Thin Clients)
Direct Ethernet
Connection
Network
Connection
Cisco PAM Configuration Interface
IP Network