Product guide

• Defining repository branches
• Proxy, where proxy settings are specified. (See Proxy settings for the agent ).
Before distributing a large number of agents throughout your network, consider carefully how
you want the agent to behave in the segments of your environment. Although you can configure
agent policy settings after agents are distributed, McAfee recommends setting them prior to
the distribution, to prevent unnecessary impact on your resources.
For complete descriptions of all options on the agent policy pages, click ? on the page displaying
the options.
Priority event forwarding
During normal operation, the agent and security software on the managed system generate
software events regularly. These events can range from information about regular operation,
such as when the agent enforces policies locally, to critical events, such as when a virus is
detected and not cleaned. These events are uploaded to the server at each agent-server
communication and are stored in the database. A typical deployment of agents in a large network
can generate thousands of these events an hour.
You can configure the agent to forward events on a priority basis if they are equal to or greater
than a specified severity. Specific event severities are determined by the product generating
the events. If you plan to use Automatic Responses, McAfee recommends that you enable
priority uploading of higher severity events for those features to function as intended.
You can enable priority uploading of events on the Events tab of the McAfee Agent policy pages.
Selecting a repository
Use this task to set the policy for repository selection. The agent can update from any repository
in its repository list based on the policy setting. This repository management tool allows you to
specify the most efficient means for designating a source repository for updates.
Task
For option definitions, click ? in the interface.
1 Click Menu | Policy Catalog.
2 Select McAfee Agent from the Product drop-down menu and ensure that General is
selected in the Category drop-down menu.
3 Click Actions, then select New Policy to create a new policy or My Default policy to
edit your policy.
4 Type a name for the policy, then click OK.
5 On the Repositories tab, select whether to Use this repository list (the ePO-managed
repository list, SiteList.xml), or Use other repository list (a locally controlled repository
list that is not managed by ePolicy Orchestrator).
6 Choose a basis for selecting a repository:
DefinitionSelection Method
The shortest round-trip elapsed time between sending an echo request to
a remote ICMP-enabled system and receiving a response from that system.
Ping time
Ping timeout can be used to control the maximum time taken. Minimum =
5 seconds; maximum = 60 seconds. The default is 30 seconds.
Configuring Agent Policies
About agent policy settings
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