Chapter 6 Agentless Host Support Configuration Scenario

Basic Configuration Steps for Agentless Host Support

Step 3 If you specified an LDAP database in the Credential Validation Databases section, click LDAP Server and then select a LDAP database that you configured on the External User Databases > External User Database Configuration page.

Step 4 If you will validate MAC addresses by using the ACS internal database:

a.Click Internal ACS DB.

b.Click Add.

A text box for entering MAC addresses and associated user group mappings appears, as shown in Figure 6-13.

Figure 6-13 MAC Address Input Area

c.In the MAC addresses input area, enter one or more MAC addresses to use in authenticating agentless hosts.

You can enter the MAC address in the following formats for representing MAC-48 addresses in human-readable form:

–Six groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by hyphens (-) in transmission order; for example, 01-23-45-67-89-ab.

–Six groups of two separated by colons (:); for example, 01:23:45:67:89:ab.

–Three groups of four hexadecimal digits separated by dots (.); for example, 0123.4567.89ab.

d.From the drop-down list of user groups in the User Group area, choose a user group to which devices having one of the specified MAC address are mapped.

e.To add additional groups of MAC addresses, click Add and enter additional groups and associated user groups as required.

Step 5 In the Default Action (If Agentless request was not assigned to a user group) area, from the drop-down list of user groups, choose a group to which to assign the MAC addresses if the MAC addresses are not found in the LDAP Server or the ACS Internal Database; or, if the LDAP Server is not reachable.

Step 6 If you enabled the EAP protocol and posture validation, set up posture validation rules in the Posture Validation section.

Step 7 As required, specify additional authorization rules in the Authorization section.

Step 8 Click Submit.

 

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