ClearPass Policy Manager Profiling with IF-MAP

This feature is used in conjunction with ClearPass Policy Manager ClearPass Policy Manager is a baseline platform for policy management, AAA, profiling, network access control, and reporting. With ClearPass Policy Manager, the network administrators can configure and manage secure network access that accommodates requirements across multiple locations and multivendor networks, regardless of device ownership and connection method.. It sends HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The HTTP is an application protocol to transfer data over the web. The HTTP protocol defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and the actions that the w servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. User Agent Strings and mDNS Multicast Domain Name System. mDNS provides the ability to perform DNS-like operations on the local link in the absence of any conventional unicast DNS server. The mDNS protocol uses IP multicast User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packets, and is implemented by the Apple Bonjour and Linux NSS-mDNS services. mDNS works in conjunction with DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD), a companion zero-configuration technique specified. See RFC 6763. broadcast information to ClearPass Policy Manager ClearPass Policy Manager is a baseline platform for policy management, AAA, profiling, network access control, and reporting. With ClearPass Policy Manager, the network administrators can configure and manage secure network access that accommodates requirements across multiple locations and multivendor networks, regardless of device ownership and connection method. so that it can make more accurate decisions about what types of devices are connecting to the network.

The following procedure describes how to configure ClearPass Policy Manager.

1. In the Managed Network node hierarchy, navigate to Configuration > System > Profiles > All Profiles > Other Profiles.
2. Click the CPPM IF-MAP profile and click + in CPPM IF-MAP profile.
3. Configure this profile according to the following parameters:

Table 1: ClearPass Policy Manager IF-Map Configuration Parameters

Parameter	Description
CPPM IF-Map Interface	Enables the feature
Host	IP address or hostname of the ClearPass Policy Manager ClearPass Policy Manager is a baseline platform for policy management, AAA, profiling, network access control, and reporting. With ClearPass Policy Manager, the network administrators can configure and manage secure network access that accommodates requirements across multiple locations and multivendor networks, regardless of device ownership and connection method. IF-MAP server
Portnum	Enter a port number.
Username	Username for the user who performs actions on the ClearPass Policy Manager ClearPass Policy Manager is a baseline platform for policy management, AAA, profiling, network access control, and reporting. With ClearPass Policy Manager, the network administrators can configure and manage secure network access that accommodates requirements across multiple locations and multivendor networks, regardless of device ownership and connection method. IF-MAP server. Range must be between 1-255 bytes in length.
Password	Password of the user who performs actions on the ClearPass Policy Manager ClearPass Policy Manager is a baseline platform for policy management, AAA, profiling, network access control, and reporting. With ClearPass Policy Manager, the network administrators can configure and manage secure network access that accommodates requirements across multiple locations and multivendor networks, regardless of device ownership and connection method. IF-MAP server. Range between 6-100 bytes in length.

The following CLI Command-Line Interface. A console interface with a command line shell that allows users to execute text input as commands and convert these commands to appropriate functions. commands configure ClearPass Policy Manager.

(host) [md] (config) #ifmap

(host) [md] (config) #ifmap cppm

(host) [md] (CPPM IF-MAP Profile) #server host <host>

(host) [md] (CPPM IF-MAP Profile) #port <port>

(host) [md] (CPPM IF-MAP Profile) #password <psswd>

(host) [md] (CPPM IF-MAP Profile) #enable

The following CLI Command-Line Interface. A console interface with a command line shell that allows users to execute text input as commands and convert these commands to appropriate functions. command shows if the ClearPass Policy Manager interface is enabled and the status of the ClearPass Policy Manager server IP address, username, and password.

(host) [md] (CPPM IF-MAP Profile) #show ifmap cppm

CPPM IF-MAP Profile

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Parameter Value

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CPPM IF-MAP Interface Enabled

CPPM IF-MAP Server 10.4.191.32:443 admin/********

The following CLI Command-Line Interface. A console interface with a command line shell that allows users to execute text input as commands and convert these commands to appropriate functions. command shows the state of all enabled ClearPass Policy Manager ClearPass Policy Manager is a baseline platform for policy management, AAA, profiling, network access control, and reporting. With ClearPass Policy Manager, the network administrators can configure and manage secure network access that accommodates requirements across multiple locations and multivendor networks, regardless of device ownership and connection method. servers.

(host) [md] (CPPM IF-MAP Profile) #show ifmap state cppm

CPPM IF-MAP Connection State [Interface: Enabled]

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Server State

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10.4.191.32:443 UP