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Building a Network Access Control Solution with IBM Tivoli and Cisco Systems

integrated solution include the Security Compliance Manager client/server
componentry and the Tivoli Configuration Manager remediation client/server
code.

In this section we see how these components map to the implementation
architecture.

Figure 5-3 Component subsystems - total solution

5.3.1 Logical components

For the purposes and scope of this book, we operate under the premise that
ABBC has the software distribution server subsystem based on the Tivoli
Configuration Manager installed and configured. For detailed information about
basic implementation of IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager refer to the product
documentation IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager Version 4.2.3 Planning and
Installation Guide
, GC23-4702-03. Here we focus on extending the infrastructure

Network Admission

Control Subsystem

Cisco

Trust Agent

Cisco

Network

Access

Device

Cisco

Secure

Access
Control

Server

Compliance

Subsystem

IBM

Compliance

Client

IBM

Security

Compliance

Server

Remediation

Subsystem

IBM

Remediation

Client

IBM

Remediation

Server