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Chapter 9 Configuring Cisco NAC Appliance for Agent Login and Client Posture Assessment
Setting Up Agent Distribution/Installation
• Allow downgrade of Compliance Module—Checking this option enables you to provide an earlier
version of the AV/AS support package for users logging in via the Cisco NAC Windows Agent.
When the Agent performs discovery with the Cisco NAC Appliance system to start the next user
login session, if the Allow downgrade of Compliance Module option is enabled, the Agent
automatically gets the “downgraded” AV/AS support package from the CAS regardless of the
current version of the AV/AS support package currently on the client machine.
• Upload Agent/Compliance Module File—Use the Browse button and navigate to the folder where
the appropriate Agent file is located. Select the Agent file, enter a version number in the Agent
Version field, and click Upload to manually upload the Cisco NAC Agent installation file
(nacagentsetup-win.tar.gz) or AV/AS Posture pack (av-posture-pack-win.tar.gz or
av-posture-pack-mac.tar.gz) in this field. You can leave the Agent Version field empty for
compliance module.
For details on uploading Windows and Macintosh versions of the earlier Clean Access Agent, refer
to the Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Manager Installation and Configuration Guide, Release
4.5(1) and Release Notes for Cisco NAC Appliance, Version 4.5(1).
Note The CAM does not accommodate Cisco NAC Agent installation files (nacagentsetup-win.tar.gz) and
Windows Clean Access Agent Setup files (CCAAgentSetup-4.x.y.z.tar.gz) simultaneously. If you upload
an older Windows Clean Access Agent Setup file, you will wipe out the existing Cisco NAC Agent
installation and XML Agent configuration files, and vice-versa.
Note Starting from release 4.6(1), the CAM no longer manages Clean Access Agent Patch/Upgrade files
(CCAAgentUpgrade-4.x.y.z.tar.gz). Be sure you only upload Clean Access Agent installation files
(CCAAgentSetup-4.x.y.z.tar.gz or CCAAgentMacOSX-4.x.y.z-k9.tar.gz) from the Cisco Software
Download Site.
Caution You must upload the Agent file as a tar.gz file (without untarring it) to the CAM. Make sure you do NOT
extract the .exe file before uploading.
See also Manually Uploading the Agent to the CAM, page 9-100.
• Version—For manual upload, keep the same version number used for the Agent when downloading.
Installation Page
You can configure the level of user interaction needed when the Agent is initially installed.
Note Once one of the persistent Agents is installed, Agent launch and uninstallation shortcuts appear on the
desktop.
To configure installation options:
Step 1 Make sure use of the Agent is required as described in Require Agent Login for Client Machines,
page 9-3.
Step 2 Go to Device Management > Clean Access > Clean Access Agent > Installation.