Cisco NAC Appliance: Enforcing Host Security with Clean Access

Chapter 13. Deploying Cisco NAC Appliance

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Pre-Deployment Phase
• Deployment Plan Overview
• Proof of Concept Phase
• Pilot Phase
• Production Deployment Phases

This chapter focuses on how to develop a deployment plan for a NAC Appliance solution rollout. This deployment plan focuses on larger-sized deployments, but it can be tailored to fit just about any size environment. It cannot be stressed enough how important it is to have a solid, well thought-out deployment plan in place before you start any rollout of the solution. A good deployment plan should result in a good deployment experience for all involved. In most cases, a NAC Appliance deployment should be broken into four distinct phases:

• Pre-deployment ...