Network Card User Manual

476 Building a Network Access Control Solution with IBM Tivoli and Cisco Systems
򐂰 Network access by unmanaged computers (such as guests, contractors, or
students)
򐂰 A heterogeneous (multivendor) network infrastructure
NAC Framework solution
NAC is also available as an architecture-based framework solution that is
designed to leverage an existing base of both Cisco network technologies and
existing deployments of security and management solutions from other
manufacturers.
A NAC Framework solution provides the following benefits:
򐂰 Comprehensive span of control by assessing all endpoints across all access
methods, including LAN, wireless, remote access, and WAN
򐂰 Endpoint visibility and control to help ensure that managed, unmanaged,
guest, and rogue devices meet corporate security policies
򐂰 Life-cycle support for endpoint control that automates the assessment,
authentication, authorization, and remediation of endpoints
򐂰 A combination of central policy management, intelligent network devices, and
network services with solutions from dozens of leading antivirus, security, and
management vendors, to provide granular admission control management
򐂰 Support for a rich ecosystem of partners and technologies through
standards-based, flexible APIs that allow multiple third parties to contribute to
the overall solution
The following network characteristics are optimal for a NAC Framework
deployment:
򐂰 Large-scale enterprise deployments
򐂰 A sophisticated LAN/WAN/wireless environment
򐂰 A LAN/WAN/wireless infrastructure that is entirely or primarily based on Cisco
technology
򐂰 Operational interoperability with NAC partner security and management
solutions
򐂰 IP telephony implementations or planned implementations
򐂰 802.1X implementations or planned implementations
Investment protection
Cisco offers the most comprehensive set of admission control products and
solutions to meet the functional needs of any organization. And because many