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Cisco Systems 4.2 manual Basic Configuration Steps for Agentless Host Support, Install ACS

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Chapter 6 Agentless Host Support Configuration Scenario

Basic Configuration Steps for Agentless Host Support

Step 7 Configure logging and reports.

Add the Bypass Info attribute to the Passed Authentications and Failed Attempts reports. See Step 7: Configure Logging and Reports, page 6-23.

Note If you are using ACS with NAC, configure audit server support and, optionally, configure GAME group feedback. See Configure GAME Group Feedback, page 6-24for details.

Basic Configuration Steps for Agentless Host Support

This section describes the basic configuration steps for agentless host support.

Step 1: Install ACS

This section describes the installation process that you perform to run ACS, which runs on a Windows 2000 Server, a Windows 2003 system, or a Cisco Secure ACS SE.

To install ACS:

Step 1 Start ACS installation.

For detailed information on ACS installation, refer to the:

•Installation Guide for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows 4.2

•Installation Guide for Cisco Secure ACS Solution Engine 4.2

During the installation process, you are prompted to enter a password for encrypting the internal database.

Step 2 Enter a password that is at least 8 characters long, and contains letters and numbers.

The ACS installation process for ACS for Windows automatically creates a shortcut to the ACS administrative GUI on your desktop.

Note If you are installing ACS on the ACS SE, you must manually create an administrative GUI user by using the use the add-guiadmincommand to create a GUI account. For information on this command, see Appendix A of the Installation Guide for Cisco Secure ACS Solution Engine 4.2, “Command Reference.” You can then access the administrative GUI through a supported browser. For a list of supported browsers, see Supported and Interoperable Devices and Software Tables for Cisco Secure ACS Solution Engine Release 4.1.

Step 3 Double-click the ACS Admin icon to open a browser window to the ACS administrative GUI.

Step 4 If you do not see the ACS Admin icon on the desktop, open your browser from the machine on which you installed ACS and go to one of the following locations:

•http://IP_address:2002

•http://hostname:2002

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