Cisco Systems OL-9971-01 manual About Network Configuration

C H A P T E R 3

Network Configuration

This chapter details concepts and procedures for configuring the Cisco Secure Access Control Server Release 4.1, hereafter referred to as ACS. You use the configuration process to establish a distributed system, and set up interaction with authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) clients and servers. You can also configure remote agents for the ACS Solution Engine.

This chapter contains the following topics:

•About Network Configuration, page 3-1

•About ACS in Distributed Systems, page 3-2

•Proxy in Distributed Systems, page 3-3

•Network Device Searches, page 3-6

•Configuring AAA Clients, page 3-8

•Configuring AAA Servers, page 3-14

•Configuring Remote Agents (ACS Solution Engine Only), page 3-18

•Configuring Network Device Groups, page 3-23

•Configuring Proxy Distribution Tables, page 3-27

About Network Configuration

The appearance of the page that you see when you click Network Configuration differs according to the network-configuration selections that you made in the Interface Configuration section.

The tables that might appear in this section are:

•AAA Clients—This table lists each AAA client that is configured on the network, together with its IP address and associated protocol.

If you are using Network Device Groups (NDGs), this table does not appear on the initial page, but is accessed through the Network Device Group table. For more information about this interface configuration, see Displaying Advanced Options, page 2-5.

•AAA Servers—This table lists each AAA server that is configured on the network together with its IP address and associated type. After installation, this table automatically lists the machine on which ACS is installed. In ACS SE, the name of the machine is listed as self.

If you are using Network Device Groups (NDGs), this table does not appear on the initial page, but is accessed through the Network Device Group table. For more information about this interface configuration, see Displaying Advanced Options, page 2-5.

User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control Server

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