Definition of Terms

Term Definition
DCA Dynamic Configuration Arbiter
ClearPass ClearPass Policy Manager
GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation
SAC Switch Anchor Controller
S-SAC Standby Switch Anchor Controller
UAC User Anchor Controller
Switch Bootstrap Control plane protocol packets exchange process between a switch and an SAC to register a switch with the configured SAC.
User Bootstrap Control plane protocol packets exchange process between a switch and a UAC to register a user with the published UAC.
Secondary role This information is an indication to the controller that it has to enforce additional policies to user traffic based on policy configuration associated with the secondary role.
Reserved VLAN mode A VLAN is automatically created and reserved for tunnels in this mode.