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Configuring Port-Based and User-Based Access Control (802.1X)

Configuring Switch Ports as 802.1X Authenticators

3. Configure the 802.1X Authentication Method

This task specifies how the switch authenticates the credentials provided by

a supplicant connected to a switch port configured as an 802.1X authenticator

You can configure local, chap-radius or eap-radius as the primary password

authentication method for the port-access method. You also need to select

none or authorized as a secondary, or backup, method.

Syntax: aaa authentication port-access <chap-radius |eap-radius | local>

Configures local, chap-radius (MD5), or eap-radius as the primary

password authentication method for port-access. The default pri-

mary authentication is local. (Refer to the documentation for

your RADIUS server application.)

For switches covered in this guide, you must use the

password port-access command to configure the operator user-

name and password for 802.1X access. See “General Setup Proce-

dure for 802.1X Access Control” on page 13-13 for more

information.

[<none | authorized >]

Provides options for secondary authentication. The

none option specifies that a backup authentication

method is not used. The authorized option allows access

without authentication. (default: none).

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