Dell Powerconnect W-ClearPass Hardware Appliances W-ClearPass Policy Manager 6 - Page 130

Figure 71: Generic LDAP or Active Directory (General Tab) Table 58: Generic LDAP or Active Directory (General Tab) Parameter Description Name/Description Freeform label and description. Type In this context, General LDAP or Active Directory. Use for Authorization This check box instructs Policy Manager to fetch role mapping attributes (or authorization attributes) from this authentication source. If a user or device successfully authenticates against this authentication source, then Policy Manager also fetches role mapping attributes from the same source (if this setting is enabled). This box is checked (enabled) by default Authorization Sources You can specify additional sources from which to fetch role mapping attributes. Select a previously configured authentication source from the drop down list, and click Add to add it to the list of authorization sources. Click Remove to remove it from the list. If Policy Manager authenticates the user or device from this authentication source, then it also fetches role mapping attributes from these additional authorization sources. NOTE: As described in "," additional authorization sources can be specified at the Service level. Policy Manager fetches role mapping attributes regardless of which authentication source the user or device was authenticated against. Server Timeout The number of seconds that Policy Manager waits before considering this server unreachable. If multiple backup servers are available, then this value indicates the number of seconds that Policy Manager waits before attempting to fail over from the primary to the backup servers in the order in which they are configured. Cache Timeout Policy Manager caches attributes fetched for an authenticating entity. This parameter controls the number of seconds for which the attributes are cached. 130 Dell Networking W-ClearPass Policy Manager 6.0 | User Guide