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Installation and Setup Guide for Cisco Secure ACS Appliance
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Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance
Installing the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance
Installing the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance
This section provides instructions for installing the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance
in a rack. The rack must be properly secured to the floor, to the ceiling, or to an
upper wall, and where applicable, to adjacent racks. The rack should be secured
using floor and wall fasteners and bracing specified or approved by the rack
manufacturer or by industry standards. Refer to the installation documentation
from the rack manufacturer for precautionary warnings and information before
you install the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance.
Before you install the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance in a rack, read Preparing Your
Site for Installation, page 2-7, to familiarize yourself with proper site and
environmental conditions. Failure to read and follow these guidelines could lead
Configure the Cisco Secure ACS
Appliance
1. Boot the Cisco Secure ACS
Appliance and log in from a
serial console.
2. Configure the initial Cisco
Secure ACS Appliance
connectivity by responding
to the prompts.
Configuring the Cisco Secure
ACS Appliance, page 3-15
Verify the initial configuration.
1. Reboot the Cisco Secure
ACS Appliance.
2. Log in from the system
console.
3. Verify Cisco Secure ACS
Appliance initial
configuration.
Verifying the Initial
Configuration, page 3-20
Perform full Cisco Secure ACS
Appliance configuration.
The second phase of Cisco
Secure ACS Appliance
configuration is performed via
the HTML interface and is
beyond the scope of this guide.
Next Steps, page 3-21, and the
User Guide for Cisco Secure
ACS Appliance
Table 3-1 Quick Reference (continued)
Task Steps References