To control access in your system, and monitor access control-related events in
Security Center, you must add access control units
to an Access Manager.
What you should know
This section only covers adding HID units.
For information about
adding Synergis™ units, see Preparing to configure Synergis units.
Procedure
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Open the Access control task, and click the Roles
and units view.
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Click Access control unit ().
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From the Network endpoint list in the Unit
information page, select the Access Manager that will manage the
unit.
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Click Unit type and select HID
VertX.
If the HID VertX unit type is not available, it means that the extension has not
been added in the Access Manager.
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Enter the IP address of the HID unit.
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Verify that the Secure mode option is enabled.
Enabling secure mode disables the insecure protocols
FTP and Telnet. It also makes the connection between the Access Manager and HID units
less susceptible to network impairments. Ensure that your HID unit meets the minimum supported firmware specified on that
page. If not, the enrollment will fail. HID Legacy units cannot be added with secure
mode enabled on Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 and later; SSL 3.0 (RC4 cipher) is
disabled by default on these Windows operating system
versions.
NOTE: As of Security Center 5.8, HID EVO units running
firmware version 3.7.0.108 or later in secure mode communicate with the Access
Manager using TLS 1.2 encryption and need port 4433 to be open instead of port
4050. HID units running an earlier firmware version communicate with the Access
Manager using HID encryption.
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Enter the Username and
Password.
NOTE:
If secure mode is
enabled, you must provide the admin password. If secure mode is not enabled,
you must provide the root password (the default root password is
pass
).
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If there is an NAT router between the unit and its Access Manager, select
Use translated host address and specify the NAT router IP
address that is visible from the unit.
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Click Next.
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Review the Creation summary, and click
Create.
The Access Manager attempts to connect to the unit and enrolls it in your
system. When the process is successfully completed, a confirmation message
appears.
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Click Close.
The newly added access control unit appears under the Access Manager it was
assigned to in the
Roles and units view.
NOTE: It
might take a few minutes before the unit can be used, as it undergoes automatic
synchronization. This process involves the Access Manager sending schedules,
access rules, and cardholder information to the unit. The unit saves the
information locally so that it can operate even if the Access Manager is
unavailable.
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Confirm that the unit successfully synchronized with Access Manager:
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Click the Roles and units view, and select the access
control unit that was added.
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Click the Synchronization tab, and check the date and
time of the Last update.