Edge-Core ES3528-WDM

User Authentication Commands
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Command Usage
This command displays the following information:
• Global 802.1X Parameters – Shows whether or not 802.1X port
authentication is globally enabled on the switch.
• 802.1X Port Summary – Displays the port access control parameters for
each interface that has enabled 802.1X, including the following items:
- Status – Administrative state for port access control.
- Operation Mode – Allows single or multiple hosts (page 21-26).
- Mode – Dot1x port control mode (page 21-26).
- Authorized – Authorization status (yes or n/a - not authorized).
• 802.1X Port Details – Displays the port access control parameters for each
interface, including the following items:
- reauth-enabled – Periodic re-authentication (page 21-27).
- reauth-period – Time after which a connected client must be
re-authenticated (page 21-28).
- quiet-period – Time a port waits after Max Request Count is
exceeded before attempting to acquire a new
client (page 21-28).
- tx-period – Time a port waits during authentication session
before re-transmitting EAP packet (page 21-29).
- supplicant-timeout – Supplicant timeout.
- server-timeout – Server timeout.
- reauth-max – Maximum number of reauthentication attempts.
- max-req – Maximum number of times a port will retransmit
an EAP request/identity packet to the client
before it times out the authentication session
(page 21-25).
- Status – Authorization status (authorized or not).
- Operation Mode – Shows if single or multiple hosts (clients) can
connect to an 802.1X-authorized port.
- Max Count – The maximum number of hosts allowed to
access this port (page 21-26).
- Port-control – Shows the dot1x mode on a port as auto,
force-authorized, or force-unauthorized
(page 21-26).
- Supplicant – MAC address of authorized client.
- Current Identifier – The integer (0-255) used by the Authenticator to
identify the current authentication session.
• Authenticator State Machine
- State – Current state (including initialize, disconnected,
connecting, authenticating, authenticated,
aborting,
held, force_authorized,
force_unauthorized).
- Reauth Count – Number of times connecting state is re-entered.