Edge-Core ES3528MV2

C HAPTER 24 | Authentication Commands
802.1X Port Authentication
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◆ Supplicant Parameters – Shows the supplicant user name used when
the switch responds to an MD5 challenge from an authenticator
(page 857).
◆ 802.1X Port Summary – Displays the port access control parameters
for each interface that has enabled 802.1X, including the following
items:
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Type – Administrative state for port access control (Enabled,
Authenticator, or Supplicant).
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Operation Mode – Allows single or multiple hosts (page 852).
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Control Mode – Dot1x port control mode (page 853).
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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:
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Reauthentication – Periodic re-authentication (page 853).
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Reauth Period – Time after which a connected client must be re-
authenticated (page 854).
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Quiet Period – Time a port waits after Max Request Count is
exceeded before attempting to acquire a new client (page 854).
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TX Period – Time a port waits during authentication session before
re-transmitting EAP packet (page 856).
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Supplicant Timeout – Supplicant timeout.
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Server Timeout – Server timeout. A RADIUS server must be set
before the correct operational value of 10 seconds will be displayed
in this field.
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Reauth Max Retries – Maximum number of reauthentication
attempts.
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Max Request – Maximum number of times a port will retransmit an
EAP request/identity packet to the client before it times out the
authentication session (page 851).
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Operation Mode– Shows if single or multiple hosts (clients) can
connect to an 802.1X-authorized port.
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Port Control–Shows the dot1x mode on a port as auto, force-
authorized, or force-unauthorized (page 853).
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Intrusion Action– Shows the port response to intrusion when
authentication fails (page 850).
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Supplicant– MAC address of authorized client.
◆ Authenticator PAE State Machine
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State – Current state (including initialize, disconnected, connecting,
authenticating, authenticated, aborting,
held, force_authorized,
force_unauthorized).
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Reauth Count– Number of times connecting state is re-entered.
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Current Identifier– The integer (0-255) used by the Authenticator to
identify the current authentication session.
◆ Backend State Machine
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State – Current state (including request, response, success, fail,
timeout, idle, initialize).