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Hi,

We are an HP site  and have both Procurve and Comware switches. In clearpass I have a list of switch IP addresses that I've assigned to two  device groups HP(Procurve) and HP(Comware).

 

When the network team want to log onto a switch, clearpass needs to send back a vendor specific attribute based upon the switch type in order to be granted appropriate access. Given the fact that I have 2 device groups, can I incorporate a condition in my  enforcement policy that checks for the network device being in one of the above device groups? If so, what's the format? I've had a look round but can't see anything obvious.

 

Rgds

Alex

 

Two ways:

1) In your enforcement policy, add two rules with different group names:

Connection: NAD-IP-Address BELONGS_TO_GROUP <DEVICE-GROUP-NAME>

2) You can tie an enforcement profile to a device group and then add both enforcement profiles to the same rule. ClearPass will return the appropriate action based on the device.

So for example, in your pro curve profile, select the device group from the drop down on the first tab.</DEVICE-GROUP-NAME>

Cool!

I'd got part of the way there in that I'd already tied two enforcement profiles to my device groups, so as you said, all I had to do was put both profiles into the enforcement policy role.

 

Thanks

Rgds

A

I understand #1, and for #2 I understand how you can tie a device group to the enfrc profile, but how do you apply both profiles to the same rule?

Just add both enforcement profiles.

Ah, OK so the policy will be the same as for option #1 except no "and Connection:NAD-IP-Address...".

Right.

 

1 rule with 2 enforcement profiles.

Only one policy and be associated with a service correct? Would I need a rule in matching a device group in my policy to direct Nexus devices to a different enforcement profile?   Thanks for you input.

Yup. In your enforcement  policy you can have multiple profiles. In the profile you can (optionally) specify a device group associated with the profile.

So you could have

profiles that are applied to all devices

profiles that are only applied to specific groups of devices.

e.g. profile for HP switches and another for ComWare devices

 

Hi,

I work for a telecomunication company using only Cisco switches.

I have tried both ways and none of them works for me. If i set 2 belong_to_group the authorization do not work anymore. If I don't apply the belong_to_group enforcement it do authorize but do not run well the permisions.

I have 2 different profiles, each one with different permisions. The role is the same for both profiles. At the same time I have 2 different devices groups (each profile linked to one of these). 
ClearPass do read the tag of the different profiles when authorize their connection but do not apply the defined permisions per each profile. 

 

Could you help me with this please?

 

Best regards,