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Heather Bell <[log in to unmask]>
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Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 6 Jun 2007 08:55:48 -0700
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Thanks!

At 08:30 AM 6/6/2007, you wrote:
>Hello Heather,
>
>NAC Appliance is highly hardware dependant for the performance, number
>of users that can be handled etc.
>Also, VLAN Tagging/Linkups etc play a very important role especially in
>OOB which are not very reliable with VMWAare based on our testing.
>
>Hence, we do not support Virtualization for CAM/CAS or clients with NAC
>Appliance in Production. It can be used for lab setups etc but will not
>be TAC supported.
>
>Here is our official statement on this:
>
>The Cisco NAC Appliance is designed as a network admission solution with
>performance, traffic and security controls. As such we do not recommend
>or support running NAC Appliance over virtualization software in
>production as it would affect the controls.
>
>Regards
>Prem
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Heather Bell
>Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 3:44 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Virtualization of CCA Server
>
>Hi Jeff,
>
>I will be doing that as well.  I just wondered what other schools
>thought.
>
>Heather
>
>At 11:28 AM 6/5/2007, you wrote:
> >Hi Heather,
> >   You may want to check with Cisco to see if the virtual setup  would
> >be supported.
> >
> >Heather Bell wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>I have been asked to look into the possibility of creating virtual
> >>servers for our CCA Servers (not the managers).  We can see its
> >>viability in a test environment but I have been  asked to look at it
> >>for our live environment.  In our current network design (this
> >>variable can not be changed), we have on CCA server per residence hall
>
> >>(19).  I was wondering what the group thinks of this.
> >>Thank you for your feedback in advance.
> >>Heather Bell
> >>
> >>Heather Bell
> >>Systems Administrator
> >>Information Technology Services
> >>Northern Arizona University
> >>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>Heather Bell
>Systems Administrator
>Information Technology Services
>Northern Arizona University
>E-mail: [log in to unmask]


Heather Bell
Systems Administrator
Information Technology Services
Northern Arizona University
E-mail: [log in to unmask] 

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