Preparation for NAC Controller Initialization
6-6 Initializing the NAC Controller
Figure 6-6 Layer 3 Out-Of-Band Management

Preparation for NAC Controller Initialization

BeforestartingtheNAC Controllerinitialization:
•SetupaPCcapableofSSH.PuTTY,anSSHclient,canbeusedonamachinerunningMicrosoft
WindowsforSSH.PuTTYcanbedownloadedfromthefollowinglink:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html.
• ConnectthePCtotheNACControllerEngine10/100portwiththesuppliedcrossover
capable.
•Open
anSSHsessiontotheNACControllerEngine.ThedefaultstaticprivateIPaddressis
169.254.1.1,sothePCmustbeconfiguredappropriatelywithanIPaddressonthe
169.254.0.0/16subnet.TheIPaddress169.254.2.1mustnotbeused.
•ForaLayer3NACController,connectthedownlinkportintothenetworktopologyonthe
VLANspanningthetworouterswheretheNACControllerwillbedeployedinline,butdo
notconnectintheuplinkportyet,sotheNACControllerhasconnectionintothenetworkbut
notplacedinlinewithnetworktraffic.Otherwise,makenoteofallMACaddressesassociated
toalldirectlyconnectedrouterinterfaceswheretheNACControllerwillbepositioned.
Note: Should you need to reinitialize a NAC Controller that has already been initialized, perform a
clear config all on the PEP to assure a default configuration when performing an initialization of the
NAC Controller.