Technical Requirements

Infrastructure Requirements

Directory Server

Requirements

Additional Information

LDAP

LDAP compliant directory server

MySQL

v4.2 or higher User information stored in a single table:

  • Username

  • Password

  • Group Membership

  • Expiration

  • Password encoding (if applicable)

Secure LDAP

  • Public CA

  • Self-Signed Certificate

  • Copy of organizations Trusted Root Cert in PEM or Base64 format

  • Copies of other server certificates may also be needed

DHCP Service

Requirements


Additional Information

Aruba

Wireless Controllers


Cisco1

Cisco, CiscoCatalyst, ASA


Windows

Server 2003 or higher

Windows Server 2003 or newer Requires installation of NAC DHCP Syslog Relay service Minimum 700 MB disk space

Other 2

Bluecat, Infoblox, Lucent, SonicWALL


Domain Single Sign On (SSO)

Requirements


Operating System

Windows Vista or newer OSX 10.6 or newer3

Domain Managed

Required

Other

Domain Controller IP’s and IP’s necessary for login scripts must be exempted from NAC policy enforcement

RADIUS Single Sign On (SSO)

Requirements


Additional Information

RADIUS Accounting

Required


RADIUS Authentication

User Account Based


RADIUS Controller

Required

NAC Appliance will need IP address(es) and shared secret are required to be configured

SAML Single Sign On (SSO)

Virtual Enforcer System Requirements

VMWare vSphere

Large Standalone Appliance or Manager for a cluster (Up to 25,000 concurrent devices)

Appliance Specifications

NAC VMWare Enforcer

VMWare Version

ESXi 5.1 or newer

Virtual Hardware Version

Minimum version 8

CPU

16 vCPUs (2-3Ghz)

Memory

32 GB Minimum

Hard Drive Storage

500 GB Minimum

Appliance Scalability

Up to 25,000 Devices

Network Interface

Gigabit NIC

Small Standalone Appliance or Enforcer in a cluster (Up to 10,000 concurrent devices)

Appliance Specifications

NAC VMWare Enforcer

VMWare Version

ESXi 5.1 or newer

Virtual Hardware Version

Minimum version 8

CPU

8 vCPUs (2-3Ghz)

Memory

16 GB Minimum

Hard Drive Storage

300 GB Minimum

Appliance Scalability

Up to 10,000 Devices

Network Interface

Gigabit NIC

VMWare Cluster

Appliance Specifications

NAC VMWare Policy Enforcer

VMWare Policy Manager

VMWare Version

ESXi 5.1 or higher

ESXi 5.1 or higher

Virtual Hardware Version

Version 8 or higher

Version 8 or higher

CPU

4 vCPUs (2-3Ghz)4

8 vCPUs (2-3Ghz)

Memory

16 GB Minimum5

16 GB Minimum5

Hard Drive Storage

300 GB Minimum6

300 GB Minimum6

Appliance Scalability

25,000 (per Enforcer/Manager)


Network Interface

Gigabit NIC


Microsoft Hyper-V

Standalone Appliance

Appliance Specifications

NAC Hyper-V Enforcer

Server

Microsoft Server 2012 R2

Hyper-V Version

Hypervisor Generation 2

CPU

4 vCPUs (2-3Ghz)

Memory

16 GB Minimum

Hard Drive Storage

300 GB Minimum

Appliance Scalability

Up to 10,000 Devices

Network Interface

Gigabit NIC

End User Device Requirements

Policy Key System Requirements

Microsoft Windows

Device Requirements


Operating System

Windows Vista or newer

Service Pack

NA

Memory

1 GB

CPU

Single Core 1.6Ghz

Hard Drive Storage

100 MB

Administrative Rights

No

Mac OS X

Device Requirements


Operating System

10.6 or newer

Memory

1 GB

CPU

Single Core 1.6Ghz

Hard Drive Storage

100 MB

Administrative Rights

Yes (for installation only)

Web Browser Support

Microsoft Windows

Device Requirements


Internet Explorer

v9+

Mozilla Firefox

v35+

Google Chrome

v40+

Mac OS X

Device Requirements


Safari

v6.1.6+

Mozilla Firefox

v35+

Google Chrome

v40+

Secure BYOD Onboarding System Requirements

Requirements

Version

Additional Information

Android

2.1 or newer


Blackberry

NA

Does not support Secure BYOD Onboarding but step by step instructions available

ChromeOS

Any


iOS

v4.0 or newer


Linux

Most major platforms

Requires Python

Mac OS X

OS X 10.5 or newer

OS X 10.4 does not support Secure BYOD Onboarding but step by step instructions available

Nokia

NA

Does not support Secure BYOD Onboarding but step by step instructions available

Windows

Windows XP or newer

Windows RT is also supported

Windows Phone/ Windows Mobile

NA

Does not support Secure BYOD Onboarding but step by step instructions available

Network Integration Requirements

Layer 2 Wired Integration Switch Support

Function/Feature

Switch Requirement

802.1X Authentication (supplicant)

802.1X

MAC Authentication (no supplicant)

802.1X, MAB

MAC Authentication (no supplicant) with Identity

802.1X, MAB, COA, Redirect-URL or VLAN Assignment plus upstream Layer3 Redirect/PBR

Layer2 Network Access Assignment

802.1X, MAB, COA, Filter/VSA or VLAN Assignment

Layer2 Network Access Quarantine

802.1X, MAB, COA, Redirect-URL or VLAN Assignment plus upstream Layer3 Redirect/PBR

Vendor Support

Layer 2 Wireless


Vendor

OS/Firmware Requirements

Aerohive

HM-6 - HiveManager HiveOS 6.4.r1, 6.6.r3 or higher, AP HiveOS 6.4r1, 6.5.r3, 6.6.r2 or higher HM-NG - HiveManager HiveManagerNG 11.13 or higher, AP HiveOS 6.5.r5 or higher

Cisco

AireOS - 7.2 or later IOS-XE (Catalyst 9800 VM) - tested on 16.12.2s

Extreme

Identifi - Tested on V2110 VM controller 10.41.02.0014 WiNG - Tested on VX9000 VM controller 5.9.7.0-011R

HPE-Aruba

ArubaOS 6.1.3.4 or later (Instant) - InstantOS 6.4.0.2-4.1 or later

Juniper-Mist

Certified on AP version 0.6.18694

Meraki

Certified on beta build (July 2016)

Ruckus

ZoneDirector - 9.10 or later SmartZone -

Ubiquiti

Unifi - Cloudkey (controller) - Unifi 5.12.35, AP Unifi 4.3.20.11298

Xirrus

Xirrus - APs connected to XMS-Cloud

Other

Contact OPSWAT Support

Layer 2 Wired


Vendor

OS/Firmware Requirements

Aruba

ArubaOS - tested on ArubaOS 7.4.1.7 ArubaOS-Switch - tested on WC.16.10.0002

Cisco

LAN base or better (i.e. not LAN Lite)

Dell

N-Series - OS6 6.2.0.5 or later S-Series - OS9 9.13 or later

Extreme

Summit Gen1 - tested on ExtremeXOS 30.6.1-Patch1-11

Juniper

EX Series switches - 15.1R3 or later

Meraki

Certified on MS 11.31

Ruckus/Arris

ICX - 8.0.20 or later

Other

Contact OPSWAT Support

Layer 3 Wired


Vendor

OS/Firmware Requirements

Alcatel-Lucent

6850/6900 - Platform, license and OS image must support sFlow or Netflow and Policy-Based Routing (PBR) 9700 - Platform, license and OS image must support sFlow or Netflow and Policy-Based Routing (PBR)

Brocade/Ruckus/Arris

ICX - Platform, license and OS image must support sFlow or Netflow and Policy-Based Routing (PBR)

Brocade/Extreme

MLX - Platform, license and OS image must support sFlow or Netflow and Policy-Based Routing (PBR)

Cisco

Catalyst - (IOS) - Platform, license and OS image must support sFlow or Netflow and Policy-Based Routing (PBR) Catalyst - (IOS-XE) - Platform, license and OS image must support sFlow or Netflow and Policy-Based Routing (PBR) Nexus - (NX-OS) - Platform, license and OS image must support sFlow or Netflow and Policy-Based Routing (PBR)

Dell

N-Series/OS6 - Platform, license and OS image must support sFlow or Netflow and Policy-Based Routing (PBR) S-Series/OS9 - Platform, license and OS image must support sFlow or Netflow and Policy-Based Routing (PBR)

HP

3800 - Platform, license and OS image must support sFlow or Netflow and Policy-Based Routing (PBR) 5400/8200 - Platform, license and OS image must support sFlow or Netflow and Policy-Based Routing (PBR)

Other

Contact OPSWAT Support

Wireless Integration Support

Function/Feature

Switch Requirement

Hardware

Aerohive, Aruba, Cisco, Cisco Meraki, Ruckus, Xirrus, Other - Contact OPSWAT Support

Minimum Version

Aruba Wireless Controller 6.3 or later, Cisco Wireless Controller 7.2, or later Cisco Meraki AP’s firmware (July 2016 or Later), HiveManager 6.4.r1, or later HiveManager NG Ruckus ZoneDirector 9.13 preferred (9.10 or later supported), Ruckus Cloud Managed Wi-Fi Xirrus Cloud Management System

Controller Modes

Aerohive HiveManager 6 Enterprise Mode, HiveManager NG, Aruba – Policy Enforcement Firewall (PEF) License, Cisco – Central Switching, Cisco Meraki, Ruckus, Ruckus AP’s connected to Cloud Managed Wi-Fi, Xirrus AP’s connected to the Xirrus Cloud Management System

Layer3 Integration Switch/Router Support

Function/Feature

Switch Requirement

Layer3 Authentication and Enforcement/Quarantine

Platform, license and OS image must support sFlow or Netflow and Policy-Based Routing (PBR)

Contextual Intelligence Publisher

Requirements

Version


Exinda

v6.0 or higher


iBoss

v6.0 or higher


Palo Alto

v5.0 or higher


Procera



SonicWALL

v6.0 or higher


Syslog

Any

Must support LEEF, CEF or Key-Value Format

RADIUS Accounting

NA


Notes

Note

1 – Cisco Wireless Controllers are NOT supported

2 – Other environments may be supported, provided the syslog output is comparable to one of the supported environments.

3 – AD Connecter is required for OSX Single Sign On

4 – VMWare Dedicated CPU resource is required

5 – VMWare Dedicated Memory resources are required

6 – VMWare Dedicated 300GB of storage required

7 – Dedicated CPU resource is required

8 – Dedicated Memory resources are required

9 – Dedicated 300GB of storage required

10 – All features require RADIUS Accounting

11 – Full RBE requires user traffic be switched by the controller, VLAN assignment only is available with local switching

12 – Maximum capacity will vary based on PBR CAM table size, CPU utilization and other factors

13 – PBR on HP chassis models mandate only v2 modules be installed, PBR with v1 modules installed is not supported

14 – Some Cisco switches may require specific modules to support Netflow, refer to manufacturer’s documentation

15 – Most Aerohive Access Points require HiveOS 6.5r4. For specifics on your Access Point requirements please contact OPSWAT

16 – VLAN assignment using Aerohive User Profiles is not supported, please contact OPSWAT Support with any questions

17 – Aruba Instant AP’s do not require PEF license

18 – Flexible Authentication Required

19 – Cisco Meraki July 2016 Firmware with NAC Authentication (External Auth)

20 – Layer 3 Required for PBR