| 4.3 |  | Cisco Secure ACS |
| 4.3.1 |  | Overview of Cisco Secure ACS 3.0 for Windows NT or 2000 |

| Cisco Secure ACS offers centralized command and control for all user authentication, authorization, and accounting from a Web-based, graphical interface, and distributes those controls to hundreds or thousands of access gateways in your network. With ACS you can manage and administer user access for Cisco routers, virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, Cisco wireless solutions, and Cisco Catalyst® switches through IEEE 802.1x access control.

In addition, you can leverage the same ACS access framework to control administrator access and configuration for all TACACS+ enabled network devices in your network.

Advanced features include the following:

- Automatic service monitoring
- Database synchronization and importation of tools for large-scale deployments
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) user authentication support
- User and administrative access reporting
- Dynamic quota generation
- Restrictions such as time of day and day of week
- User and device group profiles

In the lab, students will install Cisco Secure ACS on a Windows 2000 server and learn to use its features to help administer the network.

| Lab Activity Lab Exercise: Install and Configure CSACS 3.0 for Windows In this lab, students will install CSACS for Windows 2000 and take a tour of CSACS for Windows.

| Media Activity Demonstration Activity: Cisco Secure ACS for Windows NT or Windows 2000 This demonstration activity presents an introduction to the Cisco Secure ACS for Windows NT or Windows 2000.

| Resources Administering Cisco Secure ACS 3.0 for Windows