Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Administration Guide

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Chapter 46 Configuring 802.1X Port-Based Authentication
Configuring 802.1X Port-Based Authentication
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device-traffic-class=switch
show running-config interface is the only command that informs you that the smart macro has been
applied after the supplicant switch is authenticated:
Switch
# show authentication session
Interface MAC Address Method Domain Status Session ID
Gi5/23 0024.9844.de23 dot1x DATA Authz Success 0909117A000000000010561C
Switch# show running-configuration interface gi 5/23
Building configuration...
Current configuration : 149 bytes
!
interface GigabitEthernet5/23
switchport mode trunk
authentication port-control auto
dot1x pae authenticator
spanning-tree portfast trunk
end
Switch#
NEAT changes the port configuration on the authenticator switch. So, to perform ISSU from one version
that supports NEAT to another that does not support NEAT, you must first deactivate NEAT on all switch
ports for ISSU. Similarly, NEAT cannot activate when ISSU is in progress. If a supplicant switch tries
to authenticate during ISSU, authorization would fail on the port.
Configuring Switch as a Supplicant
Note The Catalyst 4500 series switch does not support supplicant switch functionality. The following
supplicant specific commands are mentioned for a quick reference. For more details, see the
Catalyst 3750 Switch Software Configuration Guide.
To configure a switch as a supplicant, perform this task:
Command Purpose
Step 1
Switch# configure terminal
Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2
Switch(config)# cisp enable
Enables CISP.
Step 3
Switch(config)# dot1x credentials
profile
Creates 802.1x credentials profile. This must be attached to the port that
is configured as supplicant.
Step 4
Switch(config)# sername suppswitch
Creates a username.
Step 5
Switch(config)# password password
Creates a password for the new username.
Step 6
Switch(config)# dot1x supplicant
force-multicast
Forces the switch to send only multicast EAPOL packets when it
receives either unicast or multicast packets.
This also allows NEAT to work on the supplicant switch in all host
modes.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Specifications

General

Series	Catalyst 4500 Series
Category	Switch
Layer Support	Layer 2, Layer 3
Form Factor	Modular chassis
Stackable	No
Chassis Slots	3, 6, 7, 10
Power Supply Options	AC, DC
Redundancy	Power supply, Supervisor engine
Network Management	Cisco IOS Software CLI, SNMP, Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Features	Security, QoS
Port Density	Up to 384 ports per chassis
Security Features	802.1X, ACLs, DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection, IP Source Guard
Supervisor Engine	8-E