OmniSwitch 6800/6850/9000 Network Configuration Guide March 2008 page 27-1
27 Configuring 802.1X
Physical devices attached to a LAN port on the switch through a point-to-point LAN connection may be
authenticated through the switch through port-based network access control. This control is available
through the IEEE 802.1X standard implemented on the switch.
The Access Guardian functionality uses this implementation of 802.1X to provide configurable device
classification policies for authenticating both 802.1x clients (supplicants) and non-802.1x clients (non-
supplicants). In addition, device classification policies determine the VLAN assignment of a device and
are particularly useful for providing secure network access to guest clients.
In This Chapter
This chapter describes 802.1X ports used for port-based access control and how to configure them through
the Command Line Interface (CLI). CLI commands are used in the configuration examples; for more
details about the syntax of commands, see the OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide.
This chapter provides an overview of 802.1X and includes the following information:
• “Setting Up Port-Based Network Access Control” on page 27-11
• “Enabling 802.1X on Ports” on page 27-11
• “Setting 802.1X Switch Parameters” on page 27-11
• “Configuring 802.1X Port Parameters” on page 27-12
• “Configuring Access Guardian Policies” on page 27-14
• “Verifying the 802.1X Port Configuration” on page 27-20
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