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Managing Policies and Features in Access Gateway Mode

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Chapter 3 Access Gateway mapping 15 Port mapping 16 F_Port Static Mapping 20 Device mapping 21 Considerations for Access Gateway mapping 28 N_Port configurations 30 Displaying N_Port configurations 31 Unlocking N_Ports 31 Persisting port online state 31 D_Port support 32 Limitations and considerations 32 Saving port mappings 33 Managing Policies and Features in Access Gateway Mode Access Gateway policies overview 35 Displaying current policies 35 Access Gateway policy enforcement matrix 36 Advanced Device Security policy 36 How the ADS policy works 36 Enabling and disabling the ADS policy 37 Allow lists 37 ADS policy considerations 39 Upgrade and downgrade considerations for the ADS policy. . . 39 Automatic Port Configuration policy 39 How the APC policy works 39 Enabling and disabling the APC policy 40 APC policy considerations 40 Upgrade and downgrade considerations for the APC policy . . . 40 Port Grouping policy 41 How port groups work 41 Adding an N_Port to a port group 42 Deleting an N_Port from a port group 42 Removing a port group 42 Renaming a port group 43 Disabling the Port Grouping policy 43 Port Grouping policy modes 43 Creating a port group and enabling Automatic Login Balancing mode 44 Enabling MFNM mode 45 Disabling MFNM mode 45 Displaying the current MFNM mode timeout value 46 Setting the current MFNM mode timeout value 46 Port Grouping policy considerations 46 Upgrade and downgrade considerations for the Port Grouping policy 47 Device Load Balancing policy 47 Enabling the Device Load Balancing policy 47 Disabling the Device Load Balancing policy 47 Device Load Balancing policy considerations 48 vi Access Gateway Administrator's Guide 53-1002743-01

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Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide
53-1002743-01
Access Gateway mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Port mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
F_Port Static Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Device mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Considerations for Access Gateway mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
N_Port configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Displaying N_Port configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Unlocking N_Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Persisting port online state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
D_Port support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Limitations and considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Saving port mappings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 3
Managing Policies and Features in Access Gateway Mode
Access Gateway policies overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Displaying current policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Access Gateway policy enforcement matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Advanced Device Security policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
How the ADS policy works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Enabling and disabling the ADS policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Allow lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
ADS policy considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for the ADS policy. . . 39
Automatic Port Configuration policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
How the APC policy works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Enabling and disabling the APC policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
APC policy considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for the APC policy . . .40
Port Grouping policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
How port groups work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Adding an N_Port to a port group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Deleting an N_Port from a port group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Removing a port group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Renaming a port group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Disabling the Port Grouping policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Port Grouping policy modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Creating a port group and enabling Automatic Login
Balancing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Enabling MFNM mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Disabling MFNM mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Displaying the current MFNM mode timeout value. . . . . . . . . .46
Setting the current MFNM mode timeout value . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Port Grouping policy considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for the Port
Grouping policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Device Load Balancing policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Enabling the Device Load Balancing policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Disabling the Device Load Balancing policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Device Load Balancing policy considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48