Roles

The example defines the following roles:

• guest – Used as the default policy for all unauthenticated ports. Connects a PC to the network providing internet only access to the network. Provides guest access to a limited number of the edge switch ports to be used specifically for internet only access. Policy is applied using the port level default configuration, or by authentication, in the case of the Services Edge Switch port internet only access PCs.
• student – Connects a dorm room PC to the network through a “Student” Fixed Switch port. A configured CoS rate limits the PC. Configured rules deny access to administrative and faculty servers. The PC authenticates using RADIUS. Hybrid authentication is enabled. The student policy role is applied using the filter-ID attribute. The base VLAN is applied using the tunnel attributes returned in the RADIUS response message. If all rules are missed, the settings configured in the student policy profile are applied.
• phoneFS – Connects a dorm room or faculty office VoIP phone to the network using a stackable fixed switch port. A configured CoS rate limits the phone and applies a high priority. The phone authenticates using RADIUS. Hybrid authentication is enabled. Policy is applied using the filter-ID returned in the RADIUS response message. The base VLAN is applied using the tunnel attributes returned in the RADIUS response message. If all rules are missed, the settings configured in the phoneFS policy profile are applied.
• faculty – Connects a faculty office PC to the network through a “Faculty” Fixed Switch port. A configured CoS rate limits the PC. A configured rule denies access to the administrative servers. The PC authenticates using RADIUS. Hybrid authentication is enabled. The faculty policy role is applied using the filter-ID attribute. The base VLAN is applied using the tunnel attributes returned in the RADIUS response message for the authenticating user. If all rules are missed, the settings configured in the faculty policy profile are applied.
• phoneES – Connects a services VoIP phone to the network using a Services Edge Switch port. A configured CoS rate limits the phone for both setup and payload, and applies a high priority. The phone authenticates using RADIUS. Tunnel authentication is enabled. The base VLAN is applied using the tunnel attributes returned in the RADIUS response message. Policy is applied using a maptable configuration. If all rules are missed, the settings configured in the phoneES policy profile are applied.
• services – Connects a services PC to the network through the Services Edge Switch port. A configured CoS rate limits the PC. Services are denied access to both the student and faculty servers. The PC authenticates using RADIUS. The base VLAN is applied using the tunnel attributes returned in the RADIUS response message for the authenticating user. The services policy role is applied using a policy maptable setting. The policy accounting, syslog, invalid action and TCI overwrite are enabled for this role. If all rules are missed, the settings configured in the services policy profile are applied.
• distribution – The Distribution policy role is applied at the Distribution Switch providing rate limiting.
• server[iSCSI] – The Server iSCSI policy role is applied to the Data Center Server Switch which provides low latency, high speed switching between the storage servers and the other servers in the data center.