System information
Command Line Interface
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show dot1x
This command shows general port authentication related settings on the switch or a 
specific interface.
Syntax
show dot1x [statistics] [interface interface]
interface
• ethernet unit/port
- unit - This is device 1. 
- port - Port number. 
Command Mode
Privileged Exec
Command Usage
This command displays the following information:
• Global 802.1X Parameters – Displays the global port access control 
parameters that can be configured for this switch as described in the 
preceding pages, including reauth-enabled (page 4-74), reauth-period 
(page 4-75), quiet-period (page 4-74), tx-period (page 4-75), and max-req 
(page 4-72). It also displays the following global parameters which are set 
to a fixed value, including the following items:
- supp-timeout – Supplicant timeout.
- server-timeout – Server timeout.
- reauth-max – Maximum number of reauthentication attempts. 
• 802.1X Port Summary – Displays the port access control parameters for 
each interface, including the following items:
- Status – Administrative state for port access control.
- Mode – Dot1x port control mode (page 4-72).
- Authorized – Authorization status (yes or n/a - not authorized). 
• 802.1X Port Details – Displays detailed port access control settings for each 
interface as described in the preceding pages, including administrative 
status for port access control, Max request (page 4-72), Quiet period 
(page 4-74), Reauth period (page 4-75), Tx period (page 4-75), and 
Port-control (page 4-72). It also displays the following information:
- Status – Authorization status (authorized or unauthorized).
- Supplicant – MAC address of authorized client.
• 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.










