Access Control Concepts

ProCurve IDM

ProCurve IDM

ProCurve IDM manages RADIUS servers, including NAC 800s.

IDM is a centralized, easy-to-use solution for assigning network rights to users. It offers fine-grained network access control that is based on user iden- tity—and other configurable criteria—rather than on network equipment alone.

The IDM server runs as a plug-in to the ProCurve Manager Plus (PCM+) network management software and provides configuration and event logging services to the IDM agent. An easy-to-use interface enables straightforward management of access policy groups.

Each access policy group consists of a list of users and rules that control the users’ access. You can manually import lists of users from a directory, or IDM can synchronize with AD and automatically import complete domain groups as access policy groups.

Access policy rules match a group’s users to profiles—VLAN assignments, QoS parameters, bandwidth restrictions, and ACL settings—based on these criteria:

Time of access

Location of access

WLAN

System

Endpoint integrity posture—if you are using NAC 800s

These rules become policy instructions, which the IDM agent residing in the RADIUS server and examining authentication requests, feeds to the RADIUS server. Although configured on the IDM server, the policy instructions are pushed to the IDM agent that resides on the RADIUS server, making them permanently available to the RADIUS server.

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