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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI
Chapter70 Configuring Network Admission Control
Configuring a NAC Policy
Detailed Steps
Setting the Revalidation Timer
After each successful posture validation, the ASA starts a revalidation timer. The expiration of this timer
triggers the next unconditional posture validation. The ASA maintains the current access policy during
revalidation.
By default, the interval between each successful posture validation is 36000 seconds (10 hours). To
change it, enter the following command in nac-policy-nac-framework configuration mode:
Detailed Steps
Configuring the Default ACL for NAC
Each group policy points to a default ACL to be applied to hosts that match the policy and are eligible
for NAC. The ASA applies the NAC default ACL before posture validation. Following posture
validation, the ASA replaces the default ACL with the one obtained from the Access Control Server for
the remote host. The ASA retains the default ACL if posture validation fails.
The ASA also applies the NAC default ACL if clientless authentication is enabled (which is the default
setting).
Command Purpose
Step1 nac-policy-nac-framework Switches to nac-policy-nac-framework
configuration mode.
Step2 sq-period seconds
Example:
hostname(config-group-policy)# sq-period 1800
hostname(config-group-policy)
Changes the status query interval.
seconds must be in the range 30 to 1800 seconds (5
to 30 minutes).
Changes the query timer to 1800 seconds.
Step3 (Optional)
[no] sq-period seconds
Turns off the status query timer.
Step4 show running-config nac-policy Displays a 0 next to the sq-period attribute, meaning
the timer is turned off.
Command Purpose
Step1 nac-policy-nac-framework Switches to nac-policy-nac-framework.
Step2 reval-period seconds
Example:
hostname(config-nac-policy-nac-framework)#
reval-period 86400
hostname(config-nac-policy-nac-framework)
Changes the interval between each successful
posture validation.
seconds must be in the range is 300 to 86400
seconds (5 minutes to 24 hours).
Step3 (Optional)
[no] reval-period seconds
Turns off the status query timer.
Step4 show running-config nac-policy Displays a 0 next to the sq-period attribute, which
means the timer is turned off.