Manage NAC Profiles Window

NAC Manager comes with ten system-defined NAC profiles that define the authorization and assessment requirements for the end-systems connecting to the network. The system-defined profiles are: Administrator, Allow, Default, Guest Access, Notification, Pass Through, Quarantine, Registration Denied Access, Secure Guest Access, and Unregistered. Use this window to view and edit these profiles, and define new profiles if desired. Any changes made in this window are written immediately to the NAC Manager database.

To access this window, select the Manage NAC Profiles button Manage NAC Profiles in the NAC Manager toolbar or select Tools > Management and Configuration > NAC Profiles from the menu bar.

Click areas in the window for more information.

Buttons Name Accept Policy Failsafe Policy Assessment Configuration Assessment Interval Manage NAC Profiles Window

Buttons
Use these buttons to add, edit, or delete NAC profiles.
Name
The name of the NAC profile.
Accept Policy
The Accept policy defined for this profile. An Accept policy is applied to an end-system when
  • an end-system is authorized locally by the Extreme Access Control engine and passed an assessment (if assessment in enabled).
  • authentication is configured to replace the attributes returned from the RADIUS server with the Accept policy.
Failsafe Policy
The Failsafe policy defined for this profile. A Failsafe policy is applied to an end-system if the end-system's IP address cannot be determined from its MAC address, or if there is a scanning error and a scan of the end-system did not take place.
Assessment Configuration
The assessment configuration defined for this profile. The configuration define the assessment requirements for end-systems
Assessment Interval
If assessment is required, this defines the interval between required assessments for an end-system.
Quarantine Policy
The Quarantine policy defined for this profile. A Quarantine policy is applied to an end-system if the end-system fails an assessment.
Assessment Policy
The Assessment policy defined for this profile. An Assessment policy is applied to an end-system while it is being assessed.
Hide Assessment/Remediation Details
Denotes whether the option to hide assessment or remediation information on the Remediation Web Page is selected: true (hidden) or false (not hidden).
Reject Authentication Requests
Denotes whether all authentication requests are rejected: true or false.

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