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Chapter36 Configuring the Identity Firewall
Information About the Identity Firewall
Figure36-2 Deployment Scenario without Redundancy

As shown in Figure 36-3, you can deploy the Identity Firewall components to support redundancy.

Scenario 1 shows a deployment with multiple Active Directory servers and a single AD Agent installed

on a separate Windows server. Scenario 2 shows a deployment with multiple Active Directory servers

and multiple AD Agents installed on separate Windows servers.

Figure36-3 Deployment Scenario with Redundant Components

As shown in Figure 36-4, all Identity Firewall components—Active Directory server, the AD Agent, and

the clients—are installed and communicate on the LAN.

Figure36-4 LAN -based Deployment
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