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Installing and Configuring the Cisco Secure
Access Control System with CSACS-1121
This chapter describes how to install and initially configure CSACS-1121 and the ACS 5.2 server.
This chapter contains:
• Installation Using the CSACS-1121 Series Appliance, page 5-1
• Downloading the Cisco Secure ACS 5.2 ISO Image, page 5-2
• Installing the ACS Server, page 5-2
• Resetting the Administrator Password, page 5-6
• Reimaging the ACS Server, page 5-7
Installation Using the CSACS-1121 Series Appliance
The CSACS-1121 appliance is preinstalled with the ACS 5.2 software. This section gives you an
overview of the installation process and the tasks that you must perform before installing ACS.
Before you begin installing ACS 5.2, you must:
1. Open the box and check the contents. See Chapter 3, “Unpacking and Checking the Contents of Your
Shipment.”
2. Read Chapter 2, “Introducing the Cisco 1121 Secure Access Control System Hardware.”
3. Read the general precautions and safety warnings in Chapter 3, “Preparing to Install the Cisco 1121
Secure Access Control System Hardware.”
4. Install the appliance in the rack. See Chapter 4, “Installing the Cisco 1121 Secure Access Control
System Hardware.”
5. Connect the CSACS-1121 to the network and appliance console. See Chapter 4, “Connecting
Cables.”
6. Power up the CSACS-1121 appliance. See Chapter 4, “Powering Up the CSACS-1121 Series
Appliance.”
7. Run the setup command at the CLI prompt to configure the initial settings for the ACS server. See
Running the Setup Program, page 5-2.
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Downloading the Cisco Secure ACS 5.2 ISO Image
Downloading the Cisco Secure ACS 5.2 ISO Image
You can download the Cisco Secure ACS 5.2 ISO image from Cisco.com
Step 1 Go to http://www.cisco.com/go/acs. You must already have a valid Cisco.com login credentials to access
this link.
Step 2 Click Download Software.
The Cisco Secure ACS Release 5.2 software image appears on the Cisco.com page. You can test all the
Cisco ACS services once your installation and initial configuration are complete.
Note ACS 5.x software images can be downloaded from Cisco Connection Online (CCO) only when the
customer has a valid Software Application Support (SAS) contract for a previous version of ACS 5.x
software. If they do not have the valid SAS contract of the previous version, they need to ask their Sales
Engineer (SE), Accounts Manager (AM), or Cisco partners to publish the software image on CCO to the
specific customers account.
Installing the ACS Server
This section describes the installation process for the ACS server on the CSACS-1121 Series appliance.
This section contains:
• Running the Setup Program, page 5-2
• Verifying the Installation Process, page 5-5
Running the Setup Program
This section describes the setup process to install the ACS server.
The setup program launches an interactive command-line interface (CLI) that prompts you for the
required parameters.
An administrator can use the console or a dumb terminal to configure the initial network settings and
provide the initial administrator credentials for the ACS 5.2 server using the setup program. The setup
process is a one-time configuration task.
To install the ACS server:
Step 1 Power on the appliance.
The setup prompt appears:
Please type ‘setup’ to configure the appliance
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localhost login:
Step 2 At the login prompt, enter setup and press Enter.
The console displays a set of parameters. You must enter the parameters as described in Table 5-1 .
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Note You can interrupt the setup process at any time by typing Ctrl-C before the last setup value is entered.
Table 5-1 Network Configuration Parameters
Prompt Default Conditions Description
Host Name localhost First letter must be an ASCII character.
Length must be from 3 to 15 characters.
Valid characters are alphanumeric (A-Z,
a-z, 0-9), hyphen (-), and the first
character must be a letter.
IPV4 IP Address None, network specific Must be a valid IPv4 address between
0.0.0.0 and 255.255.255.255.
IPv4 Netmask None, network specific Must be a valid IPv4 address between
0.0.0.0 and 255.255.255.255.
IPv4 Gateway None, network specific Must be a valid IPv4 address between
0.0.0.0 and 255.255.255.255.
Domain Name None, network specific Cannot be an IP address.
Valid characters are ASCII characters, any
numbers, hyphen (-), and period (.).
IPv4 Primary Name
Server Address
Add/Edit another
nameserver
None, network specific Must be a valid IPv4 address between
0.0.0.0 and 255.255.255.255.
None, network specific Must be a valid IPv4 address between
0.0.0.0 and 255.255.255.255.
Enter the hostname.
Enter the IP address.
Enter a valid netmask.
Enter a valid default gateway.
Enter the domain name.
Enter a valid name
server address.
To configure multiple name
servers, enter
Y.
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