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Cisco NAC Guest Server Installation and Configuration Guide
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Installing Cisco NAC Guest Server
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Connecting the Cisco NAC Guest Server
• Command Line Configuration
• Re-Imaging the Appliance
Connecting the Cisco NAC Guest Server
The Cisco NAC Guest Server is based on the Cisco NAC Appliance 3310 (NAC-3310) hardware
platform and comes preloaded with a default system image. When you receive the Guest Server, perform
the initial configuration described in
Command Line Configuration, page 2-3. If you need to perform
CD installation to re-image the appliance, refer to Re-Imaging the Appliance for instructions.
To perform initial configuration, you will need to connect to your appliance and access its command line,
as described below.
Step 1 You can access the Cisco NAC Guest Server command line in one of two ways:
a. Connect a monitor and keyboard directly to the machine via the keyboard/video monitor connectors
on the back panel of the machine (
Figure 2-2)(preferred method).
b. Connect a null modem serial cable from a workstation (PC/laptop) to the serial port on the appliance.
Open a serial connection on the workstation using terminal emulation software (such as
HyperTerminal or SecureCRT) with settings set to 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, no
flow control.
Step 2 Connect a straight-through Category 5 Ethernet cable to the eth0 (NIC1) 10/100/1000 Ethernet port on
the back panel of the appliance and to your local area network.
Step 3 Connect the AC power cord to the back panel of the appliance and to a grounded AC outlet, and power
on the appliance(
Figure 2-1).
Step 4 Proceed to the instructions in Command Line Configuration, page 2-3.