Huawei Quidway S6500 Series User Manual

Operation Manual - Security
Quidway S6500 Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1
802.1x Configuration
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Table 1-5 Setting the maximum number of users via a specified port
Operation Command
Set maximum number of users via
specified port
dot1x max-user user-number
[ interface interface-list ]
Restore the maximum number of users on
the port to the default value
undo dot1x max-user [ interface
interface-list ]
By default, 802.1x allows up to 1024 supplicants on each port for S6500 Series
Ethernet switches.
1.2.6 Setting the Authentication in DHCP Environment
If in DHCP environment the users configure static IP addresses, you can set 802.1x to
disable the switch to trigger the user ID authentication over them with the following
command.
Perform the following configurations in system view.
Table 1-6 Setting the Authentication in DHCP Environment
Operation Command
Disable the switch to trigger the user ID authentication
over the users who configure static IP addresses in
DHCP environment
dot1x dhcp-launch
Enable the switch to trigger the authentication over
them
undo dot1x
dhcp-launch
By default, the switch can trigger the user ID authentication over the users who
configure static IP addresses in DHCP environment.
1.2.7 Configuring the Authentication Method for 802.1x User
The following commands can be used to configure the authentication method for
802.1x user. Three kinds of methods are available: PAP authentication (RADIUS server
must support PAP authentication), CHAP authentication (RADIUS server must support
CHAP authentication), EAP relay authentication (switch send authentication
information to RADIUS server in the form of EAP packets directly and RADIUS server
must support EAP authentication).
For EAP authentication, PEAP, EAP-TLS and EAP-MD5 methods are available on the
switch:
z EAP-TLS: The client and RADIUS server check in EAP-TLS approach mutually
the security certificate authority of the other’s, to guarantee the validity of the
certificates and prevent data from being illegally used.

Huawei Quidway S6500 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Huawei
Model	Quidway S6500 Series
Category	Network Router
Language	English