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Cisco Secure ACS Version 5.0

Course Objectives

The focus of this training is on the new NPI ACS 5.0 release. Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

Understand the ACS 5.0 policy model and policy flow
Configure policies to address the various use cases
Get acquainted with the new GUI introduced in 5.0
Use certificates with ACS 5.0
Use the new reporting, monitoring and troubleshooting of 5.0
Understand system operations on CLI and GUI
Manage the ACS 5.0 appliance
Understand license options
Understand administrative access control

Course Content

Cisco Secure ACS Version 5.0 is the initial release of Ciscos next generation policy control and integration point for access to or through Cisco devices or solutions.

This release will deliver major new architecture and functionality, including a revised, rules-based policy model to allow much greater flexibility in addressing policy needs, a completely new Graphical User Interface (GUI), integrated monitoring, reporting and troubleshooting capabilities, improved integration with Windows Active Directory and LDAP backend stores, a revised high-performance runtime system based on field-proven code, new platform architecture providing greatly enhanced centralized management in a distributed deployment delivered as a Linux-based appliance.

The course outline is as follows:

Module 1: Introduction, Policy Model & Architecture - Demo wmv.file:

Orientation
Model Evolution
Overall Flow
Policy Structure
Policy Flow
Conditions
Results
Configuration
Hit Count
Exception Policy

Module 2: Services & Policy Types - Demo wmv.file:

Service Selection Policy
Access Services
Identity Policy
Group Mapping Policy
External Policy Check
Authorization Policies
Diagnostics

Module 3: Policy Table - Demo wmv.file:

Policy Structure
Policy Flow
Conditions
Results
Configuration
Hit Count
Exception Policy

Module 4: Architecture & Policy - Attributes - .PPT & AoD:

Definition
Value Types, Predefined Values
Dictionaries
Attribute Alias
Availability per Policy

Module 5: Architecture & Policy - Network Resources - .PPT & AoD:

Network Device
Network Device Group

Module 6: Architecture & Policy - Identity - .PPT & AoD:

Internal Identity Stores, External Identity Stores
Identity Group
Certificate Profile
Identity Store Sequence

Module 7: Architecture & Policy - Authorization - .PPT & AoD:

Authorization Profile
Downloadable ACL
Shell Profile
Command Set

Module 8: Architecture & Policy - Host Lookup - .PPT & AoD:

Introduction
Service Type
Configuration
ACS Logs

Module 9: Architecture & Policy - Main Components - .PPT & AoD:

Main Components
Distributed Deployment
Configuration Architecture Overview
Replication
Passwords

Module 10: Architecture & Policy - Run Time Architecture - .PPT & AoD:

Run Time Architecture
Configuration Changes

Module 11: System Operations - Distributed Management - .PPT & AoD:

Distributed System Management
Software Repositories
Centralized Software Updates
Local Operations
Log Configurations

Module 12: Authentication Protocols - EAP - .PPT & AoD:

Authentication Protocols (EAP-MD5, EAP-TLS, PEAP)
EAP-FAST
EAP-FAST PAC Management

Module 13: Authentication Protocols - PKI Configuration - .PPT & AoD :

PKI Configuration
X509 Client Certificate Handling

Module 14: Authentication Protocols - RADIUS & TACACS - .PPT & AoD:

Radius Parameters
Configurations
TACACS+
ACS 5.0 Comparison with ACS 4.x
Logs
Troubleshooting

Module 15: Authentication Protocols - Active Directory - .PPT & AoD:

Interface with Active Directory
DNS
NTP
MAR - Machine Access Restrictions
Authenticating users with SAM Name
2008 Support
Test Connection
AD Agent Debug Logs
PAP Authentication via Kerberos Instead of NTLM
Group Names
Not Supported Features in ACS 5.0
Troubleshooting

Module 16: Authentication Protocols - LDAP - .PPT & AoD:

LDAP Version
Test Binding to Server
Reference Direction
Member Type Option
Test Configuration
MAC Lookup
Multiple Occurrences of Username
Certificate Fetch for EAP-TLS
LDAP SSL
Troubleshooting

Module 17: System Operations - Licensing - .PPT & AoD:

ACS Licensing
Configuration
Install and Removal
Log Messages
Troubleshooting

Module 18: System Operations - AAC Component - .PPT & AoD:

System Overview
Accounts
Roles
Login and Passwords
Log-ins and Messages
Configurations
Debugs

Module 19: Migration - .PPT & AoD:

Introduction to ACS Migration
Supported Functionality
ACS 5.0 Unsupported Object Migration
Migration Phases
Migration Flow
ACS 4.x Data Model
Migration Application - Key Features
The Migration Machine
Upgrade Scenarios
Migration on Multi Instances Deployment
Install the Migration Utility
Analysis Issues (per objects type)
Troubleshooting

Module 20: Migration - Demo wmv.file

Module 21: Logging - .PPT & AoD

Module 22: Logging - Demo wmv.file

Module 23: Monitoring and Reports: Data Collection & Aggregation - .PPT & AoD:

Introduction
Architecture
Feature Overview
Data Collection and Aggregation

Module 24: Dashboard - Demo wmv.file

Module 25: Reports: Monitoring and Workflow - .PPT & AoD

Module 26: Monitoring Report Workflow - Demo wmv.file

Module 27: Alarms - .PPT & AoD

Module 28: Alarms - Demo wmv.file

Module 29: Reports - .PPT & AoD:

Authentication
Session Directory
Commands Authorization and Audits
Lookup Reports
ACS Admin Reports

Module 30: Reports - Demo wmv.file

Module 31: Appliance - .PPT & AoD:

Initial Setup
Appliance Management

Module 32: Troubleshooting - .PPT & AoD:

Troubleshooting
Monitoring and Configuration

Module 33: Troubleshooting - Demo wmv.file - .PPT & AoD

Module 34: Reports & Support Bundle - Demo wmv.file

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