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User Guide for Cisco Secure Access 
Control System 5.3
September 2016
Text Part Number: OL-24201-01 

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CONTENTS
Prefacexxiii
Audiencexxiii
Document Conventionsxxiii
Documentation Updatesxxiv
Related Documentationxxiv
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Requestxxv
CHAPTER 1Introducing ACS 5.31-1
Overview of ACS1-1
ACS Distributed Deployment1-2
ACS 4.x and 5.3 Replication1-2
ACS Licensing Model1-3
ACS Management Interfaces1-3
ACS Web-based Interface1-4
ACS Command Line Interface1-4
ACS Programmatic Interfaces1-5
Hardware...

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Policy Terminology3-3
Simple Policies3-4
Rule-Based Policies3-4
Types of Policies3-5
Access Services3-6
Identity Policy3-9
Group Mapping Policy3-11
Authorization Policy for Device Administration3-11
Processing Rules with Multiple Command Sets3-11
Exception Authorization Policy Rules3-12
Service Selection Policy3-12
Simple Service Selection3-12
Rules-Based Service Selection3-13
Access Services and Service Selection...

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Agentless Network Access4-12
Overview of Agentless Network Access4-12
Host Lookup4-13
Authentication with Call Check4-14
Process Service-Type Call Check4-15
PAP/EAP-MD5 Authentication4-15
Agentless Network Access Flow4-16
Adding a Host to an Internal Identity Store4-17
Configuring an LDAP External Identity Store for Host Lookup4-17
Configuring an Identity Group for Host Lookup Network Access Requests4-18
Creating an Access...

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My Account Page5-2
Using the Web Interface5-3
Accessing the Web Interface5-3
Logging In5-4
Logging Out5-5
Understanding the Web Interface5-5
Web Interface Design5-6
Navigation Pane5-7
Content Area5-8
Importing and Exporting ACS Objects through the Web Interface5-18
Supported ACS Objects5-18
Creating Import Files5-20
Downloading the Template from the Web Interface5-21
Understanding the CSV Templates5-21
Creating the Import...

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Exporting Network Devices and AAA Clients7-7
Performing Bulk Operations for Network Resources and Users7-8
Exporting Network Resources and Users7-10
Creating, Duplicating, and Editing Network Devices7-10
Configuring Network Device and AAA Clients 7-11
Displaying Network Device Properties7-14
Deleting Network Devices7-17
Configuring a Default Network Device7-17
Working with External Proxy Servers7-19
Creating, Duplicating, and...

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Authentication Using LDAP8-20
Multiple LDAP Instances8-20
Failover8-21
LDAP Connection Management8-21
Authenticating a User Using a Bind Connection8-21
Group Membership Information Retrieval8-22
Attributes Retrieval8-23
Certificate Retrieval8-23
Creating External LDAP Identity Stores8-23
Configuring an External LDAP Server Connection8-24
Configuring External LDAP Directory Organization8-26
Deleting External LDAP Identity...

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Groups and Attributes Mapping8-58
RADIUS Identity Store in Identity Sequence8-59
Authentication Failure Messages8-59
Username Special Format with Safeword Server8-59
User Attribute Cache8-60
Creating, Duplicating, and Editing RADIUS Identity Servers8-60
Configuring CA Certificates8-65
Adding a Certificate Authority8-66
Editing a Certificate Authority and Configuring Certificate Revocation Lists8-67
Deleting a Certificate...

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Deleting an Authorizations and Permissions Policy Element9-32
Configuring Security Group Access Control Lists9-33
CHAPTER 10Managing Access Policies10-1
Policy Creation Flow10-1
Network Definition and Policy Goals10-2
Policy Elements in the Policy Creation Flow10-3
Access Service Policy Creation10-4
Service Selection Policy Creation10-4
Customizing a Policy10-4
Configuring the Service Selection Policy10-5
Configuring a Simple...
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