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AP-120 SERIES CONFIGURATIONCLEARPASS ACCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS36. Is ClearPass Mobile Device Management (MDM)?The ClearPass Access Management System currently employs a great deal of MDMfunctionality specifically around configuring, provisioning and the secure onboarding ofcomputers, smartphones and tablets, as well as more advanced features such asconfiguring security, VPN and email settings, installing applications (note that applicationinstallation is currently only for Windows devices), managing bandwidth and revokingaccess for lost or stolen devices.There are two reasons that Aruba is moving in this direction with ClearPass:1. Better policy control – To do policy control in a BYOD environment, there is a greatadvantage to also doing device provisioning. Provisioning the device andassociating a unique machine ID with that device provides a level of knowledgeand control that wouldn’t be possible otherwise.2. Less expensive for supporting mobile devices - The other reason is one of simpleeconomics. Customers don’t want to have to buy yet another system for managingdevices. They would prefer that the access network do the majority of what MDMdoes today. And they ultimately want the OS manufacturers to control what’s onthe device with offerings like Windows Server or Mac OSX Server.Much of what MDM does today will be marginalized as infrastructure vendors start tohandle the onboarding process. And Aruba is the first one to take this step.ARUBA NETWORKS CHANNEL PARTNER CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE PAGE 21