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Quick Installation Card
CiscoSecure  ACS 2.3 for Windows  NT Server

Quick Installation Card
CiscoSecure  ACS 2.3 for Windows  NT Server


Note Make sure you have already followed the instructions on the Read Me First: CiscoSecure ACS 2.3 for Windows NT Server Getting Started card. To install this product correctly, you must be very familiar with Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) and Secure Socket Layer  (SSL).




Installing the Software


Note Close all Windows programs before you run Setup.

    1. Insert the CiscoSecure  ACS  2.3 for Windows  NT Server CD into your CD-ROM drive. The Installation window opens.

    2. Click Install. The Software License Agreement window opens.

    3. Read the Software License Agreement; click Accept to agree to the licensing terms and conditions. The Welcome window opens.

    4. Click Next. The Before You Begin window opens.

    5. Verify that each condition is met, then click the check box for each item. Click Next. (Click Explain for more information on the listed items. If any condition is not met, click Cancel to exit Setup.) The Choose Destination Location window opens.

    6. (Optional) If an earlier version of CiscoSecure  ACS is installed, Setup asks if you want to remove the previous version and save the existing database information. To keep the existing data, click:

    7. To install the software in the default directory, click Next. To use a different directory, click Browse and enter the directory to use. If the directory does not exist, it is created. The Authentication Database Configuration window opens.

    8. Click the option button(s) for the authentication database(s) to be used by CiscoSecure:

    9. (Optional) To limit dial-in access to only those users you specified in the Windows  NT User Manager, click:

    10. Complete the following information. (Review the CiscoSecure ACS 2.3 for Windows NT Server Getting Started quick reference card.)

    11. (Optional) Enter an Enable Secret password that can be used in addition to the Enable password. Click Next. Setup then copies the CiscoSecure  ACS files to the Windows  NT hard disk. The Access Server Configuration window opens.

    12. If you do not want to configure a NAS from Setup, click Next. The CiscoSecure  ACS Service Initiation window opens. Skip to the "Completing Setup" section.




Configuring the NAS

    1. If you selected Yes, I want to configure Cisco IOS now, the Access Server Configuration window opens. Click Next. The NAS Configuration window opens.

    2. Review the information in the scrolling window. This information is the minimum Cisco  IOS AAA configuration requirement for the NAS.

    3. Select one of the following options:

    4. Click Next. The Interface Configuration window opens. The Interface Configuration options are disabled by default. Click the check box to enable any or all of the options listed.


Note Configuration options for these items are displayed in the CiscoSecure  ACS interface only if they are enabled. You can disable or enable any or all of these options after installation in the Interface Configuration: Advanced Options window.

    5. Click Next. The Active Service Monitoring window opens. To enable the CiscoSecure  ACS monitoring service, CSMon, check the Enable Log-in Monitoring check box, then click one of the following options:


Note You can also develop your own scripts to be executed upon failure. See the Online Documentation for more information.

    6. Click Next. The CiscoSecure  ACS Service Initiation window opens.




Completing Setup

    1. In the Service Initiation window, check one or more of the following options:


Note The service must be running to access the CiscoSecure  ACS web-based interface.

Note The readme file contains additional important information.

    2. Click Next. The Setup Complete window opens.

    3. Click Finish. Installation of CiscoSecure  ACS is complete. An icon labeled ACS  Admin is created on the Windows  NT desktop. This is a shortcut to the CiscoSecure  ACS program associated with your browser. If you selected the "launch" option in step 1, your browser launches and CiscoSecure  ACS opens. If you selected the "readme" option in step 1, the readme file opens.




Starting CiscoSecure  ACS

To start CiscoSecure  ACS, double-click the ACS  Admin icon to launch a browser with the URL for ACS Admin, or enter:

      http://IP  address:2002
      

For example:

      http://172.16.0.1:2002  
      

Note Each remote administrator must have remote administration access permission.

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