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Considerations Before You Install CiscoSecure ACS

Before you begin, consider the following situations and steps you must take before starting the basic

installation procedures in the next section.

Table 2 Considerations Before You Install CiscoSecure ACS

Consideration Requirements

• If you are not familiar with how

CiscoSecure ACS software works

You need to acquaint yourself with the basic

CiscoSecure ACS system and how it works

with other network components to provide

authentication, authorization, and accounting

services.

First read “CiscoSecure System Description,”

page xxvi.

• If you need general information on the optional

Distributed Session Manager (DSM) product

You need to acquaint yourself with the max

sessions control features that the optional

Distributed Session Manager can provide.

First read “Distributed Session Manager

Features,” page xxviii.

• If you are installing the product

CiscoSecure ACS 2.3 for UNIX, which sets up a

new CiscoSecure ACS site without a licensed or

activated Distributed Session Manager (DSM)

option

Start with the procedures in “Basic

Installation Procedures,” page iv.

• If you are installing the product CiscoSecure ACS

for UNIX Upgrade to v2.3, which upgrades a

previous version of CiscoSecure ACS to

CiscoSecure ACS 2.3

You need to look up old configuration

information to apply to the upgrade.

First read “Upgrading from CiscoSecure ACS

2.x to 2.3,” page xiv for additional

instructions.