Manage Network Devices

In Cisco Secure Access, you can add a hardware or virtual network device—for example, a router, switch, access point, or firewall—that routes DNS traffic to Secure Access's recursive DNS servers. Some network devices may also:

• Encrypt DNS traffic.
• Add internal IP addresses to DNS requests.
• Enable a policy for traffic by network segment or service set identifier (SSID).

After you add the network device in Secure Access, you can select the network device as a source component on the internet access rules in the Access policy. For more information, see Add an Internet Access Rule. You can also view the properties of a network device, and edit or remove the device in Secure Access.

Note: You can only deploy a network device when the device is on-network. You may deploy a network device as an alternative to a Secure Access Virtual Appliance (VA).

Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• How to Add a Network Device in Secure Access
• Procedure

Prerequisites

• Full Admin user role. For more information, see Manage Accounts.
• Add the network device in Secure Access. For more information, see How to Add a Network Device in Secure Access.

How to Add a Network Device in Secure Access

1. Create a Secure Access API key with the Deployments > Network Devices key scope. For more information, see Manage API Keys.
2. Before you register the network device in Secure Access, add your username and password or Secure Access Network Devices API key and secret to the device.
3. On the device, use the Cisco Secure Access Network Devices API to add the network device in Secure Access. For more information, see Secure Access Network Devices API.

Procedure

After you add a network device in Secure Access, you can view the properties of the device and edit or remove the device.

• View the Network Devices in Secure Access
• Edit a Network Device
• Remove a Network Device

View the Network Devices in Secure Access

1. Navigate to Resources > Network Devices.

2. Navigate to a network device. The properties of the network device are:

   • Device Name—The name of the network device.

   • Serial number—The serial number of the network device.

   • Status—The status of the network device: Online or Offline.

     

Edit a Network Device

1. Navigate to Resources > Network Devices.

2. Navigate to a network device, click on the ellipsis (...), and then choose Edit.

   

3. For Device Name, enter a descriptive name for the network device. The device's name must be unique for all network devices in the organization.

   

4. Click Update.

Remove a Network Device

Deleting a network device in Secure Access does not prevent the device from sending traffic to Secure Access. To remove a network device fully, remove the authentication (username and password or API token) from the device first. If you are decommissioning the device, take the device offline. Otherwise, even if it is deleted in Secure Access, the device reappears when the network device sends additional traffic.

1. Navigate to Resources > Network Devices.

2. Navigate to a network device, click on the ellipsis (...), and then choose Delete.

   

3. Click Delete to confirm the removal of the network device.

   

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