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Installation and Setup Guide for Cisco Secure ACS Appliance
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Cisco Secure ACS Appliance
Overview
System Description
Cisco Secure ACS Appliance version 3.2 is a highly scalable, rack-mounted,
dedicated platform that serves as a high performance access control server
supporting centralized Remote Access Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) or
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System (TACACS+). The Cisco
Secure ACS Appliance controls the authentication, authorization, and accounting
(AAA) of users accessing corporate resources through the network.
The Cisco Secure ACS Appliance allows you to control who can access the
network, to authorize what types of network services are available for particular
users or groups of users, and to keep an accounting record of all user actions in
the network. The appliance supports access control and accounting for dial-up
access servers, firewalls and VPNs, Voice-over-IP solutions, content networking,
and switched and wireless local area networks (LANs and WLANs). In addition,
the same AAA framework can be used, via TACACS+, to manage administrative
roles and groups and to control how network administrators can change, access,
and configure the network internally.
The Cisco Secure ACS Appliance provides, as nearly as possible, the exact same
features and functions of the Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server (the software
product) in a dedicated, security hardened, application-specific, appliance
packaging. The appliance includes additional features specific to operating and
managing the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance.