White Paper Abstract:
This document discusses planning, design, and implementation practices for deploying Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) for Windows in an enterprise network. It discusses Cisco Secure ACS performance, network topology, access requirements and integration of external databases. This document also covers the difference between Cisco Secure ACS for Windows and Cisco Secure ACS Solution Engine (appliance version), where applicable. The information in this document is based on Cisco Secure ACS versions 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2.