Enterasys NAC Controller

Enterasys NAC Controller ... wireless LAN and VPN users. The NAC Controller leverages the granular visibility and control features of Enterasys Matrix Distributed Forwarding Engines, and may be deployed without reconfiguration of network edge infrastructure.

The Enterasys NAC Controller in-line appliance supports up to 2,000 endpoints and addresses a number of out-of-band NAC deployment challenges. Out-of-band NAC requires intelligent edge switches that support IEEE 802.1X authentication and RFC3580 quarantine. The Enterasys NAC Controller provides authentication and isolation for each user and application flow regardless of the edge switch deployed. Out-of-band NAC often requires reconfiguration of edge switches. The Enterasys NAC Controller is installed in-line between the edge and distribution layers, and does not require any reconfiguration at the network edge.

Network performance and network failover availability are two important issues to consider when deploying any in-line security appliance. Because Enterasys NAC Controllers take advantage of Enterasys Matrix DFE technology these appliances will not become congestion points on the network. Dual Enterasys NAC Controllers can be deployed in a fail over mode where redundancy is required. Each constantly communicates with the NetSight NAC Manager application to replicate status and configuration information.