HP Identity Driven Manager Software Series - Manual (Page 11)

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Welcome to Identity Driven Manager
Introduction
The IDM Server provides IDM configuration and monitoring. It operates as an add-
on module to PCM+, using the PCM model database to store IDM data, and a
Windows GUI (client) to provide access to configuration and monitoring tools for
IDM.
You use the IDM GUI to monitor IDM Agent status and users logged into the network,
and to manage IDM configuration, including:
• Defining access parameters for the network, such as locations, times,
network resources, and access profiles
• Creating access profiles that define the network resources and attributes
(VLAN, QoS, bandwidth) assigned to users in an Access Policy Group
• Creating Access Policy Groups with rules (access policies) that will be
assigned to users in that Group
• Assigning users to Access Policy Groups
• Deploying IDM configuration data to the IDM Agent on the RADIUS server
The SNAC server provides registration and administration interfaces. It communi-
cates with Active Directory in order to verify end-user credentials, and with the IDM
server so that SNAC users who register are assigned to the appropriate Access Policy
Group, added to an IDM local data store, and distributed to all the IDM Agents for
automatic authentication throughout the network.