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Overview

1-2 Introduction

The N1-7C111 Chassis

TheEnterasys Matrix N1chassisdesignprovidesasingleslotfortheNACControllerPEP.The

2S4082‐25NACControllerPEPisinstalledinthe2S4082‐25‐SYSNAC Controller.The7S4280‐19

NACControllerPEPisinstalledinthe7S4280‐19‐SYSNAC Controller.

TheNACControllerPEPinstalledintheEnterasys Matrix N1chassisinterfaces

tothechassis

backplaneutilizingtheFTM2connector.

TheEnterasys Matrix N1chassis:

•AllowshotswappingoftheNACControllerPEP,

• Supportstworedundant,load‐sharingpowersupplies,and

•Canbeinstalledasafreestandingunitorinstalledintoastandard48.26‐centimeter(19‐inch)

rack.

AllactivecomponentsfortheN1chassisare

locatedonthebacksideofthechassisforincreased

safety.AllLEDindicatorsareobservablefromthefrontofthechassistoaidinmonitoringnetwork

operationalstatusandperformingmaintenance.

The NAC Controller PEP

TheNACControllerPEPisEnterasys’nextgenerationofenterprisemodulethatdeliverhigh

performanceandflexibilitytoensureaccesscontrolalongwithcomprehensiveswitching,routing,

QualityofService,security,andtrafficcontainment.TheNACControllerPEPinstalledinyour

Enterasys NAC Controllerwillbeeithera2S4082‐25ora7S4280‐19

dependingupontheNAC

system.KeyNACControllerPEPfeaturesinclude:

•Proactivesecurityforusers,guestsandotherendsystems

• EnforcesautomatedpolicybasedauthorizationcontrollingbothaccessandQualityofService

•ProvidesasingleintegratedNAC Controllersolutionthatworksinanynetworkregardlessof

technologyorvendor

•Superiorperformanceandcapacity

tosupportmorehigh‐bandwidthandlatencysensitive

applications

• 10/100/1000Base‐TXand10GigabitEthernetconnectivity

•Port‐andUser‐BasedPolicyand MultilayerPacketClassificationthatprovidesgranular

controlandsecurityforbusiness‐criticalapplications

•High‐availabilitywithfailoverforservicesandmanagement

•Self‐learningconfigurationmoduleswithincreasedreliability

andfaulttolerancethatreduces

configurationtimeandmaximizesuptime

•Network‐wideconfiguration,change,andinventorymanagementthatiseasiertoinstall,

troubleshoot,andmaintain

• Reducedsupportandmaintenancecosts,anddecreasedconfigurationtime

•Atwo‐portMini‐GBICGigabitEthernetUplinkModule

EachoftheNACControllerPEPfrontpanel

portscanoperateineitherhalf‐duplexorfull‐duplex

modeofoperation.Theduplexmodecanbedeterminedbyeitherauto‐negotiationormanual

configuration.

TheNACControllerPEPportscanbeconfiguredtocontroltrafficbylimitingtherateoftraffic

acceptedintothemoduleandprioritizingtrafficto

expeditetheflowofhigherprioritytraffic

throughthemodule.

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