3.3 Enforcement Clusters

The following sections contain more information:

3.3.1 Adding an Enforcement Cluster

To add an Enforcement cluster:

Home window>>System configuration>>Enforcement clusters & servers

Figure 3-1 System Configuration, Enforcement Clusters & Servers

  1. Click Add an Enforcement cluster in the Enforcement clusters & servers area. The Add Enforcement cluster window appears. The General area is displayed by default.

    1. Enter a name for the Enforcement cluster in the Cluster name field.

    2. Select a NAC policy group from the NAC policy group drop-down list (see Section 6.0, NAC Policies).

  2. Click Quarantining in the Add Enforcement cluster window. Complete the steps described in Section 3.10, Quarantining, General.

    HINT:You can also access the quarantine area Enforcement cluster by clicking Quarantining in the System configuration window (see Section 3.10, Quarantining, General for more information).

  3. The following cluster settings take on default values set from the System configuration window. To set up operating parameters that differ from those default settings, select the menu item of the settings you want to change, then select the For this cluster, override the default settings check box, and make the desired changes. Refer to the sections listed below to set up the default values, or for more information on the specific settings.

3.3.2 Editing Enforcement Clusters

To edit the Enforcement clusters settings:

Home window>>System configuration>>Enforcement clusters & servers

  1. Click the cluster you want to edit. The Enforcement cluster window appears, as shown in Figure 3-2.

  2. Click a menu option to access the cluster settings:

    • General

    • Quarantining

    • Testing methods

    • Accessible services

    • Exceptions

    • Notifications

    • End-user screens

    • Agentless credentials

    • Logging

    • Advanced

  3. Enter or change information in the fields you want to modify, as described in Section 3.3.1, Adding an Enforcement Cluster.

  4. Click ok.

3.3.3 Viewing Enforcement Cluster Status

There are two ways Novell ZENworks Network Access Control provides Enforcement cluster status:

  • The icons next to the cluster name (see Figure 3-3)

  • The Enforcement cluster window (see the following steps)

To view Enforcement cluster statistics:

Home window>>System configuration>>Enforcement clusters & servers

Click a cluster name, for example Austin. The Enforcement cluster window appears:

Figure 3-2 Enforcement Cluster, General

The statistics shown in this window are per cluster, where the statistics shown in the Home window are system-wide. See Section 1.2, System Monitor for column descriptions.

3.3.4 Deleting Enforcement Clusters

NOTE:Enforcement clusters need to be empty before the delete option appears next to the name in the Novell ZENworks Network Access Control user interface.

To delete Enforcement clusters:

Home window>>System configuration>>Enforcement clusters & servers

  1. Click delete next to the cluster you want to remove. The Delete Enforcement cluster confirmation window appears.

  2. Click yes. The System configuration window appears (Figure 3-3).