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Machine
Auth
Status
User
Auth
Status
Description Role Assigned
Passed Passed Both machine and user are
successfully authenticated. If there are
server-derived roles, the role assigned
via the derivation take precedence.
This is the only case where server-
derived roles are applied.
A role derived from the authentication
server takes precedence. Otherwise,
the 802.1X authentication default role
configured in the AAA profile is
assigned.
For example, if the following roles are configured:
n 802.1X authentication default role (in AAA profile): dot1x_user
n Machine authentication default machine role (in 802.1X authentication profile): dot1x_mc
n Machine authentication default user role (in 802.1X authentication profile): guest
Role assignment is as follows:
n If both machine and user authentication succeed, the role is dot1x_user. If there is a server-derived role, the
server-derived role takes precedence.
n If only machine authentication succeeds, the role is dot1x_mc.
n If only user authentication succeeds, the role is guest.
n On failure of both machine and user authentication, the user does not have access to the network.
With machine authentication enabled, the VLAN to which a client is assigned (and from which the client obtains
its IP address) depends upon the success or failure of the machine and user authentications. The VLAN that is
ultimately assigned to a client can also depend upon attributes returned by the authentication server or server
derivation rules configured on the switch (see Understanding VLAN Assignments on page 98). If machine
authentication is successful, the client is assigned the VLAN configured in the virtual AP profile. However, the
client can be assigned a derived VLAN upon successful user authentication.
You can optionally assign a VLAN as part of a user role configuration. Do not use VLAN derivation if you
configure user roles with VLAN assignments.
Table 74 describes VLAN assignment based on the results of the machine and user authentications when VLAN
derivation is used.
Machine Auth
Status
User
Auth
Status
Description VLAN Assigned
Failed Failed Both machine authentication and user
authentication failed. L2 authentication
failed.
No VLAN.
Failed Passed Machine authentication failed (for
example, the machine information is not
present on the server) and user
authentication succeeded.
VLAN configured in the
virtual AP profile.
Passed Failed Machine authentication succeeded and
user authentication has not been initiated.
VLAN configured in the
virtual AP profile.
Table 74: VLAN Assignment for User and Machine Authentication
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