Cisco 500 Series Administration Guide

Security: 802.1X Authentication
Authenticator Overview
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When an authentication method finishes successfully for a client authenticated by
an authentication method with a lower priority, the attributes of the new
authentication method are applied. When the new method fails, the client is left
authorized with the old method.
802.1x-Based Authentication
The 802.1x-based authenticator relays transparent EAP messages between
802.1x supplicants and authentication servers. The EAP messages between
supplicants and the authenticator are encapsulated into the 802.1x messages, and
the EAP messages between the authenticator and authentication servers are
encapsulated into the RADIUS messages.
This is described in the following:
Figure 3 802.1x-Based Authentication
MAC-Based Authentication
MAC-based authentication is an alternative to 802.1X authentication that allows
network access to devices (such as printers and IP phones) that do not have the
802.1X supplicant capability. MAC-based authentication uses the MAC address of
the connecting device to grant or deny network access.

Cisco 500 Series Specifications

General

Model	Cisco 500 Series
Category	Switch
Mounting	Rack-mountable
Management	Web-based, CLI, SNMP
Ports	24, 48
Port Speed	10/100/1000 Mbps
PoE Support	Available on some models
Switching Capacity	Up to 176 Gbps
MAC Address Table Size	16, 000 entries
Security	ACLs, 802.1X
Quality of Service (QoS)	Yes
Dimensions	Varies by model
Weight	Varies by model
Humidity	10% to 90% non-condensing
Power Supply	Internal
Power Consumption	Varies by model
Jumbo Frame Support	Up to 9216 bytes