UPAM

Unified Policy Authentication Manager (UPAM) is a unified access management platform for both AOS Switch Series devices and  Stellar AP Series devices.  UPAM supports both captive portal server and RADIUS server; and can be used to implement multiple authentication methods, such as MAC authentication, 802.1X authentication, and captive portal authentication. User Profiles can be supported in the OmniVista database or on external servers. The following applications are used to monitor and configure UPAM:

• Summary - Provides an overview of UPAM activity on the network.
• Authentication - Used to monitor and configure authentication for wired and wireless devices.
• Guest Access - Used to manage the guest user accessing the network.
• BYOD Access - Used to manage the BYOD devices of employee. BYOD service is based on Captive Portal authentication.
• Settings - Used to configure UPAM components (e.g., Email Server, External Log Server, External RADIUS Server).
• Web Content Filtering - Used to configure Web Content Filtering (WCF) Profiles. WCF Profiles can be configured to allow/deny client access through Stellar APs to web sites based on specific security or content conditions (e.g., Malware Sites, Gambling).

Note: There will be a delay in realizing any expected changes in UPAM function when any of the following occurs:

• Creation of a new tenant 
• Activation of a different RADIUS Server Certificate
• Synchronization of RADIUS Attribute Dictionary at OmniVista with RADIUS Server
• Edit of NAS Client details.

After any of the above actions, expected UPAM changes will take effect after the following midnight (00:01 a.m. PST), as these require a restart of the OmniVista internal RADIUS Server. The OmniVista internal RADIUS Server is restarted periodically at midnight PST. All tenants sharing the same OmniVista VM will experience a brief period of interruption of UPAM RADIUS functionality during this periodic restart.