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OfficeScan 10 Administrator's Guide - Online Help Home - Trend Micro

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The Policy Server<br />

Policy Server for Cisco NAC<br />

The Policy Server is responsible for evaluating the <strong>OfficeScan</strong> client’s security posture<br />

and for creating the posture token. It compares the security posture with the latest<br />

versions of the Virus Pattern and Virus Scan Engine received from the <strong>OfficeScan</strong><br />

server to which the client is a member. It returns the posture token to the Cisco Secure<br />

ACS server, which in turn passes it to the client from the Cisco Network Access Device.<br />

Installing additional Policy Servers on a single network can improve performance when<br />

a large number of clients simultaneously attempt to access the network. These Policy<br />

Servers can also act as a backup if a Policy Server becomes inoperable. If there are<br />

multiple <strong>OfficeScan</strong> servers on a network, the Policy Server handles requests for all<br />

<strong>OfficeScan</strong> servers registered to it. Likewise, multiple Policy Servers can handle requests<br />

for a single <strong>OfficeScan</strong> server registered to all the Policy Servers. The following figure<br />

illustrates the relationship of multiple <strong>OfficeScan</strong> servers and Policy Servers.<br />

Network<br />

Access<br />

Device<br />

<strong>OfficeScan</strong> client<br />

Cisco<br />

Secure ACS<br />

Policy<br />

servers<br />

<strong>OfficeScan</strong><br />

servers<br />

FIGURE <strong>10</strong>-24. Multiple Policy Server/<strong>OfficeScan</strong> server relationship<br />

You can also install the Policy Server on the same computer as the <strong>OfficeScan</strong> server.<br />

<strong>10</strong>-9

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