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Control Manager

Key features

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Key features

  • Global User Identity Database—Data records are maintained on each user accessing the network.
  • Scalability—Manage an extensive number of FortiNAC Servers from a single location.
  • Global Find—Quickly locate devices and users anywhere in the network. This includes user information such as the MAC address, location, and the port where the user is connected. Perform searches by IP address to resolve the IP address to a specific user or device.
  • Seamless Network-wide Registration—Users register once and are tracked in the enterprise identity database as they move freely to other managed locations within the network.
  • Global Version Control—Manage version control on all FortiNAC appliances within the network, from a single management device.
  • Global License Management—Licenses are shared across FortiNAC Servers.
  • Global Scan Management—Scans can be created and copied across FortiNAC Server or FortiNAC Control Server appliances. You can configure network scans or sets of rules that are used to scan hosts for compliance. Scans are included in Endpoint Compliance Configurations that are paired with User/Host Profiles, which form Endpoint Compliance Polices.
  • Global Synchronization—Enables automatic synchronization of the FortiNAC Server(s) with the FortiNAC Control Manager. Views that include global information display the Global column to indicate which information is synchronized with the FortiNAC Server(s). When enabled, automatic synchronization occurs once per minute.
  • Import button—Allows you to import information from the FortiNAC Server(s) to the FortiNAC Control Manager. This eliminates the need to manually enter the information on the FortiNAC Control Manager. When it is imported to the FortiNAC Control Manager, the information is global.

Key features

  • Global User Identity Database—Data records are maintained on each user accessing the network.
  • Scalability—Manage an extensive number of FortiNAC Servers from a single location.
  • Global Find—Quickly locate devices and users anywhere in the network. This includes user information such as the MAC address, location, and the port where the user is connected. Perform searches by IP address to resolve the IP address to a specific user or device.
  • Seamless Network-wide Registration—Users register once and are tracked in the enterprise identity database as they move freely to other managed locations within the network.
  • Global Version Control—Manage version control on all FortiNAC appliances within the network, from a single management device.
  • Global License Management—Licenses are shared across FortiNAC Servers.
  • Global Scan Management—Scans can be created and copied across FortiNAC Server or FortiNAC Control Server appliances. You can configure network scans or sets of rules that are used to scan hosts for compliance. Scans are included in Endpoint Compliance Configurations that are paired with User/Host Profiles, which form Endpoint Compliance Polices.
  • Global Synchronization—Enables automatic synchronization of the FortiNAC Server(s) with the FortiNAC Control Manager. Views that include global information display the Global column to indicate which information is synchronized with the FortiNAC Server(s). When enabled, automatic synchronization occurs once per minute.
  • Import button—Allows you to import information from the FortiNAC Server(s) to the FortiNAC Control Manager. This eliminates the need to manually enter the information on the FortiNAC Control Manager. When it is imported to the FortiNAC Control Manager, the information is global.