We just reinvested in a new pair of 3350's to replace our Dell custom appliances, only to find out a week later that Cisco was putting them at EOL. Thankfully our sales rep was able to work with Cisco were nice enough to honor our discounts for trade-in on the 3355 instead, but it does not inspire a lot of confidence to sell us brand new equipment that is going to be announced EOL the week we get it. Not supporting versions of Windows is just another thing that makes me bang my head against the wall and wonder why we decided to stick with this product.
Michael Stanclift Network Analyst Rockhurst University http://help.rockhurst.edu (816) 501-4231 Help keep our campus green, think before you print! RUCS will never ask you for your password! -----Original Message----- From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators [mailto:cleanacc...@listserv.muohio.edu] On Behalf Of Kyle Torkelson Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 9:05 AM To: CLEANACCESS@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: Re: NAC Release 4.7.1 - Windows 7 Starter I agree...Netbooks are more and more popular and I believe most come with Windows 7 Starter. Not to mention that Dell, Acer, and others also can come pre-loaded with Ubuntu or a flavor of Linux. That's probably the next battle once Christmas is over for us to have students that got Netbooks complain about Cisco's support options. We are entertaining looking at Bradford and others just to see what's out there...Our 3140's are already EOL and it just seems like Cisco keeps digging themselves a grave more and more... Kyle Torkelson Senior Network Administrator University of Sioux Falls -----Original Message----- From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators [mailto:cleanacc...@listserv.muohio.edu] On Behalf Of Stanclift, Michael Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 4:13 PM To: CLEANACCESS@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: Re: NAC Release 4.7.1 - Windows 7 Starter That's disappointing. Considering the number of netbooks being sold with it preinstalled now. Michael Stanclift Network Analyst Rockhurst University http://help.rockhurst.edu<http://help.rockhurst.edu/> (816) 501-4231<livecall:(816)501-4231> PThink before you print! ________________________________ From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators [cleanacc...@listserv.muohio.edu] On Behalf Of David Tuell [dtu...@cn.edu] Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 2:44 PM To: CLEANACCESS@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: Re: NAC Release 4.7.1 - Windows 7 Starter I am actually reading through the 4.7.1 RN and it states that windows starter versions are not supported. David Tuell Assistant Network Administrator Carson-Newman College From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators [mailto:cleanacc...@listserv.muohio.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Simpson Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 3:33 PM To: CLEANACCESS@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: NAC Release 4.7.1 - Windows 7 Starter I've noticed several machines running Windows 7 Starter that are failing to work with the new NAC agent. The message the agent gives is "Agent user operating system is not supported". Other Windows 7 machines have been working fine. Has anyone else seen this? Michael Simpson Network Engineer Utah Valley University >>> "manidu" <man...@cisco.com> 11/24/2009 6:55 PM >>> Dear Customers, Cisco Policy Management Business Unit (PMBU) is pleased to announce the availability of Cisco NAC Release 4.7.1, which delivers support for end-clients running Microsoft Windows 7 and Apple Macintosh OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard). As well as providing support for these operating systems, the release of Cisco NAC Release 4.7.1 reflects changes in both NAC release targets and the PMBU development organization. These changes - including the creation of a separate NAC sustaining engineering team - are designed to expedite and issue update releases of NAC as new OS', service packs, hot fixes, browsers, and security software versions become available. Additional Information Release 4.7.1 software download http://tools.cisco.com/support/downloads/go/Model.x?mdfid=282775055&mdfLevel=Software Version/Option&treeName=Security&modelName=Cisco NAC Appliance 4.7.1&treeMdfId=268438162<http://tools.cisco.com/support/downloads/go/Model.x?mdfid=282775055&mdfLevel=Software%20Version/Option&treeName=Security&modelName=Cisco%20NAC%20Appliance%204.7.1&treeMdfId=268438162> To accompany the CCO post of Cisco NAC Appliance Release 4.7(1), the following documentation is also available to support the release image(s): Release Notes for Cisco NAC Appliance, Version 4.7(1) http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/release_notes/47/47rn.html Support Information for Cisco NAC Appliance Agents, Release 4.5 and Later http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/support_guide/agntsprt.html Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Manager Configuration Guide, Release 4.7(1) http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/configuration_guide/47/cam/47cam-book.html Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Server Configuration Guide, Release 4.7(1) http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/configuration_guide/47/cas/47cas-book.html Cisco NAC Appliance Hardware Installation Guide, Release 4.7(1) http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/installation_guide/hardware/47/47hwinstal.html If the documents do not appear at the above URLs when you receive this message, please give it some time for these documents to go live on Cisco.com. Happy Thanksgiving !! Mahesh Naidu PMBU Product Manager
