14CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
priority rule associated with the user, the EFW Policy from that rule is then associated with the user, all other associations are removed.
■if a rule priority or group is changed, the correct associations have to be
Backing up 3Com Data from 3Com Network Access Manager is stored in Active Directory, Network Access via an LDAP interface. Your normal methods for backing up/restoring of Manager Data data from Active Directory will also cover 3Com Network Access Manager
data. No special backup/restore is required for 3Com Network Access Manager data.
Concepts and | This section provides descriptions of concepts and terminology that you |
Terminology | will need to be familiar with in order to use 3Com Network Access |
| Manager. |
Active Directory | Active Directory is the distributed directory service included with |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows 2000 Server |
| operating systems. Active Directory enables centralized, secure |
| management of an entire network, which might span a building, a city, or |
| multiple locations throughout the world. Active Directory stores |
| information about objects on the computer network and makes this |
| information easy for administrators and users to find and apply. With |
| Active Directory, users can access resources anywhere in the network with |
| a single logon, and administrators have a single point of administration |
| for all objects in the network. When interfaced to IAS, Active Directory |
| provides secure single login for users, and administrators. |
| Users/Groups/Computers |
| Users, groups and computers are standard Active Directory objects, |
| membership of a group is managed using normal Active Directory |
| management tools. |
Internet | IAS is Microsoft’s implementation of a RADIUS server, providing |
Authentication | authentication and authorization of users. IAS is included with Microsoft |
Service (IAS) | Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows 2000 Server operating |
