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564 | Use Cases Dell Networking W-ClearPass Policy Manager 6.4 |User Guide
MAC Authentication Use Case
This Service supports Network Devices, such as printers or handhelds. The following image illustrates the overall
flow of control for this Policy Manager Service. In this service, an audit is initiated on receiving the first MAC
Authentication request. A subsequent MAC Authentication request (forcefully triggered after the audit, or
triggered after a short session timeout) uses the cached results from the audit to determine posture and role(s)
for the device.
Figure 461: Flow-of-Control of MAC Authentication for Network Devices
Configuring the Service
Follow these steps to configure Policy Manager for MAC-based Network Device access.
1. Create a MAC Authentication Service.