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ProCurve Switches and Identity Driven Management
This whitepaper has covered the configuration of 802.1X using an HP Jetdirect, and HP ProCurve
6108 switch, and Microsoft’s IAS. There are other tools that can supplement this configuration and
make it much easier on the Administrator. Three of these tools are: ProCurve Manager, IDM Server,
and IDM Agent. IDM stands for Identity Driven Management and is an initiative by HP ProCurve to
allow the network to dynamically change its configuration based upon the authentication of the user.
A screen shot of IDM is shown in Figure 35 – IDM.
One of the great benefits of this approach is that it allows the administrator to dynamically assign a
“networking infrastructure configuration” for the user. Some examples include: VLANs, QoS
parameters, network resource restrictions, etc… The wonderful part of this approach is that printing
and imaging devices can be integrated into an overall security strategy. Building on the techniques
described here, IDM allows printing and imaging devices to be assigned dynamically their own
VLAN and QoS parameters as well as restrictions on which resources they can access. It is incredibly
powerful.
Figure 35 – IDM
Summary
HP believes 802.1X is a cornerstone of a powerful security strategy. Using the HP ProCurve initiative
of Identity Driven Management, powerful security techniques can be utilized by the administrator to
protect their Printing and Imaging assets. While Identity Driven Management techniques are
powerful, they are not required. Using bundled software such as IAS and any switch that supports
RADIUS and 802.1X port-based authentication, we can use HP Jetdirect to participate in almost any
customer 802.1X environment.
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