S1700 Managed Series Ethernet Switches 
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Figure 9-56 Authentication Settings 
 
 
Table 9-37 Parameters of Authentication Settings 
AAA Authentication Network 
Enable  /  Disable  AAA  network  access  authentication,  that  is, 
802.1X authentication and MAC authentication. 
You can choose a variety of authentication methods, but None 
and Local Authentication method can only set as the last kind of 
authentication. In practice, the certification order is from method 
1 to method 2. It will go to the next authentication method only 
when  the  present  authentication  invalids.  The  authentication 
options are as follow: 
none - access network without authentication. 
local – local authenticated by switch. 
RADIUS - authenticated by RADIUS server. 
Enter  the  name  of  access  method  list  for  switch  access 
authentication. 
Method 1  /  method  2  / 
Method 3 / Method 4 
You can choose a variety of authentication methods, but None 
and Local Authentication method can only set as the last kind of 
authentication. In practice, the certification order is from method 
1 to method 4. It will go to the next authentication method only 
when  the  present  authentication  invalids.  The  authentication 
options are as follow: 
none: access network without authentication. 
local: local authenticated by the switch. 
group: authenticate by using the server groups set in RADIUS. 
RADIUS: authenticated by RADIUS server.