Chapter 1 Cisco Nac Appliance Hardware Platforms; About Cisco Nac Appliance; Fips 140-2 Compliant And Non-Fips Hardware Platforms; Nac-3315, Nac-3355, And Nac-3395 - Cisco NAC3350-PROF-K9 - NAC Profiler Server Installation Manual

Cisco NAC Appliance Hardware Platforms
This chapter provides general information on the Cisco NAC Appliance network access control system,
as well as hardware specifications for all Clean Access Manager (CAM) and Clean Access Server (CAS)
platforms available from Cisco Systems, Inc.
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About Cisco NAC Appliance

Cisco® NAC Appliance is a Network Admission Control (NAC) product that allows network
administrators to authenticate, authorize, evaluate, and remediate wired, wireless, and remote users and
their machines prior to allowing users onto the network. It identifies whether networked devices such as
laptops, desktops, and corporate assets are compliant with a network's security policies, and it repairs
any vulnerabilities before permitting access to the network.
Cisco NAC Appliance is a network-centric integrated solution administered from the web console of the
Clean Access Manager (CAM), enforced through the Clean Access Server (CAS), and applied on clients
through the Cisco NAC Agent and Cisco NAC Web Agent client software. You can deploy the Cisco
NAC Appliance solution in the configuration that best meets the needs of your network.

FIPS 140-2 Compliant and Non-FIPS Hardware Platforms

FIPS 140-2 compliant and non-FIPS Cisco NAC Appliance hardware platforms are Linux-based network
hardware appliances which are pre-installed with either the CAM or CAS application, the operating
system, and all relevant components on a dedicated server machine. In Release 4.7(0) and later, the
operating system comprises a hardened Linux kernel based on CentOS 5.3. Cisco NAC Appliance does
not support the installation of any other packages or applications onto a CAM or CAS dedicated
machine.
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About Cisco NAC Appliance, page 1-1
NAC-3315, NAC-3355, and NAC-3395, page 1-3
NAC-3310, NAC-3350, and NAC-3390, page 1-16
Cisco Product Identification Tool, page 1-27
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