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  Viewing Process Status
Viewing Process Status
Use this page to view the status of processes running in your ACS environment.
From the Monitoring & Report Viewer, select Monitoring Configuration > System Operations > 
Process Status.
NoteYou can click the refresh symbol to refresh the contents of the page.
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  Viewing Data Upgrade Status
Viewing Data Upgrade Status
After you upgrade to ACS 5.3, ensure that the Monitoring & Report Viewer database upgrade is 
complete. 
You can do this through the ACS web interface. Refer to the Installation Guide for the Cisco Secure 
Access Control System 5.3 for more information on the upgrade process.
To view...

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  Specifying E-Mail Settings
Related Topic
Viewing Failure Reasons, page 15-14
Specifying E-Mail Settings
Use this page to specify the e-mail server and administrator e-mail address.
From the Monitoring & Report Viewer, select Monitoring Configuration > System Configuration > 
Email Settings.
Configuring SNMP Preferences
You can configure...

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  Understanding Collection Filters
Understanding Collection Filters
You can create collection filters that allow you to filter and drop syslog events that are not used for 
monitoring or troubleshooting purposes. When you configure collection filters, the Monitoring & Report 
Viewer does not record these events in the database and saves...

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  Configuring System Alarm Settings
Related Topics
Creating and Editing Collection Filters, page 15-16
Deleting Collection Filters, page 15-17
Deleting Collection Filters
To delete a collection filter:
Step 1Choose Monitoring Configuration > System Configuration > Collection Filters.
The Collection Filters page appears.
Step 2Check the...

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  Configuring Remote Database Settings
Step 1From the Monitoring & Report Viewer, choose Monitoring Configuration > System Configuration > 
Remote Database Settings.
The Remote Database Settings Page appears as described in Table 15-12.
Step 2Click Submit to configure the remote database.
NoteYou can view the status of your export job in...

CH A P T E R
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Managing System Administrators
System administrators are responsible for deploying, configuring, maintaining, and monitoring the ACS 
servers in your network. They can perform various operations in ACS through the ACS administrative 
interface. When you define an administrator in ACS, you assign a password and a role or set of roles that 
determine the access privilege the administrator has for the various operations....

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  Understanding Administrator Roles and Accounts
Configure administrator session setting
Configure administrator access setting
The first time you log in to ACS 5.3, you are prompted for the predefined administrator username 
(ACSAdmin) and required to change the predefined password name (default). After you change the 
password, you can start configuring the system. 
The predefined...

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  Configuring System Administrators and Accounts
Understanding Authentication
An authentication request is the first operation for every management session. If authentication fails, the 
management session is terminated. But if authentication passes, the management session continues until 
the administrator logs out or the session times out. 
ACS 5.3 authenticates every login operation by...

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  Understanding Roles
Permissions
A permission is an access right that applies to a specific administrative task. Permissions consist of:
A Resource – The list of ACS components that an administrator can access, such as network 
resources, or policy elements. 
Privileges – The privileges are Create, Read, Update, Delete, and eXecute (CRUDX). Some 
privileges cannot apply to a given...