We just reinvested in a new pair of 3350's to replace our Dell custom appliances, only to find out a week later that Cisco was putting them at EOL. Thankfully our sales rep was able to work with Cisco were nice enough to honor our discounts for trade-in on the 3355 instead, but it does not inspire a lot of confidence to sell us brand new equipment that is going to be announced EOL the week we get it. Not supporting versions of Windows is just another thing that makes me bang my head against the wall and wonder why we decided to stick with this product.
Michael Stanclift
Network Analyst
Rockhurst University
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(816) 501-4231
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-----Original Message-----
From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kyle Torkelson
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 9:05 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: NAC Release 4.7.1 - Windows 7 Starter
I agree...Netbooks are more and more popular and I believe most come with Windows 7 Starter. Not to mention that Dell, Acer, and others also can come pre-loaded with Ubuntu or a flavor of Linux. That's probably the next battle once Christmas is over for us to have students that got Netbooks complain about Cisco's support options.
We are entertaining looking at Bradford and others just to see what's out there...Our 3140's are already EOL and it just seems like Cisco keeps digging themselves a grave more and more...
Kyle Torkelson
Senior Network Administrator
University of Sioux Falls
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From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stanclift, Michael
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 4:13 PM
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Subject: Re: NAC Release 4.7.1 - Windows 7 Starter
That's disappointing. Considering the number of netbooks being sold with it preinstalled now.
Michael Stanclift
Network Analyst
Rockhurst University
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From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Tuell [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 2:44 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: NAC Release 4.7.1 - Windows 7 Starter
I am actually reading through the 4.7.1 RN and it states that windows starter versions are not supported.
David Tuell
Assistant Network Administrator
Carson-Newman College
From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Simpson
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 3:33 PM
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Subject: NAC Release 4.7.1 - Windows 7 Starter
I've noticed several machines running Windows 7 Starter that are failing to work with the new NAC agent. The message the agent gives is "Agent user operating system is not supported".
Other Windows 7 machines have been working fine.
Has anyone else seen this?
Michael Simpson
Network Engineer
Utah Valley University
>>> "manidu" <[log in to unmask]> 11/24/2009 6:55 PM >>>
Dear Customers,
Cisco Policy Management Business Unit (PMBU) is pleased to announce the availability of Cisco NAC Release 4.7.1, which delivers support for end-clients running Microsoft Windows 7 and Apple Macintosh OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
As well as providing support for these operating systems, the release of Cisco NAC Release 4.7.1 reflects changes in both NAC release targets and the PMBU development organization.
These changes - including the creation of a separate NAC sustaining engineering team - are designed to expedite and issue update releases of NAC as new OS', service packs, hot fixes, browsers, and security software versions become available.
Additional Information
Release 4.7.1 software download
http://tools.cisco.com/support/downloads/go/Model.x?mdfid=282775055&mdfLevel=Software Version/Option&treeName=Security&modelName=Cisco NAC Appliance 4.7.1&treeMdfId=268438162<http://tools.cisco.com/support/downloads/go/Model.x?mdfid=282775055&mdfLevel=Software%20Version/Option&treeName=Security&modelName=Cisco%20NAC%20Appliance%204.7.1&treeMdfId=268438162>
To accompany the CCO post of Cisco NAC Appliance Release 4.7(1), the following documentation is also available to support the release image(s):
Release Notes for Cisco NAC Appliance, Version 4.7(1) http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/release_notes/47/47rn.html
Support Information for Cisco NAC Appliance Agents, Release 4.5 and Later http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/support_guide/agntsprt.html
Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Manager Configuration Guide, Release 4.7(1) http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/configuration_guide/47/cam/47cam-book.html
Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Server Configuration Guide, Release 4.7(1) http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/configuration_guide/47/cas/47cas-book.html
Cisco NAC Appliance Hardware Installation Guide, Release 4.7(1) http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/installation_guide/hardware/47/47hwinstal.html
If the documents do not appear at the above URLs when you receive this message, please give it some time for these documents to go live on Cisco.com.
Happy Thanksgiving !!
Mahesh Naidu
PMBU Product Manager
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