Cisco Systems 4.2 Deploy the Access Control Servers, Determining the Deployment Architecture

C H A P T E R 2

Deploy the Access Control Servers

This chapter discusses topics that you should consider before deploying Cisco Secure Access Control Server, hereafter referred to as ACS.

This document does not describe the software installation procedure for ACS or the hardware installation procedure for the ACS SE. For detailed installation information, refer to:

•Installation Guide for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Release 4.2, available on Cisco.com at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_server_for_windows/ 4.2/installation/guide/windows/IGwn42.html

•Installation Guide for Cisco Secure ACS Solution Engine Release 4.2, available on Cisco.com at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/

cisco_secure_access_control_server_for_solution_engine/4.2/installation/guide/solution_engine/ ACS_42_SE_install.html

Note For more detailed information on deploying ACS, see the Cisco Secure Access Control Server Deployment Guide at

http://www.cisco.com/application/pdf/en/us/guest/products/ ps2086/c1244/cdccont_0900aecd80737943.pdf.

This chapter contains:

•Determining the Deployment Architecture, page 2-1

•Determining How Many ACSs to Deploy (Scalability), page 2-11

•Deploying ACS Servers to Support Server Failover, page 2-13

•Deploying ACS in a NAC/NAP Environment, page 2-15

•Additional Topics, page 2-16

Determining the Deployment Architecture

How your enterprise network is configured and the network topology are likely to be the most important factors in deploying ACS.

Configuration Guide for Cisco Secure ACS 4.2

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