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Chapter 8
Posture
Dell Networking W-ClearPass Policy Manager evaluates the health of the clients that request access using
posture policies, posture servers, and an audit server. These methods all return Posture Tokens (For example,
Healthy and Quarantine) for use by Policy Manager as input for into an enforcement policy. One or more
posture methods can be associated with a service.
This chapter describes the following topics:
l Posture Architecture and Flow on page 33
l Posture Methods on page 229
l Configuring Posture for Services on page 280
l Configuring Posture Policy Agents and Hosts on page 230
l Configuring Posture Servers on page 282
Posture Methods
Dell Networking W-ClearPass Policy Manager can forward all or part of the posture data received from the
client to a posture server. Policy Manager supports redundant posture severs, ensuring posture evaluations in
the event of a server failure. NMAP or Nessus audit servers provide posture checking for unmanageable
devices, such as devices lacking adequate posture agents or supplicants. For more information on posture
servers or audit servers, see Configuring Posture Servers on page 282 and Configuring Audit Servers on page
285.
The Posture Policies table on the Configuration > Posture > Posture Policies page displays a list of all
existing posture policies. The following figure displays the Posture Policies page:
Figure 175: Posture Policies Page
From the Posture Policies page, you can create a new policy or edit an existing policy. To create a new policy.
click the Add link at the top-right corner of the Posture Policies page. To edit an existing policy, click the name
of any policy in the Posture Policies page.
For more information, refer to the following topics:
l Configuring Posture Policy Agents and Hosts on page 230
l Configuring Posture Policy Plug-ins on page 235
l Configuring Posture Policy Rules on page 279