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802.1x The port's security scheme. This can be any of the following:
Scheme
Description
N/A No security scheme is defined for the port.
Unauthorized An 802.1x security scheme is defined for the
port. Users have not yet connected to the
port and attempted to authenticate, or a user
failed to authenticate and no Quarantine
network is configured.
Authorized (network) An 802.1x security scheme is defined for the
port. A user connected to the port,
authenticated successfully, and was
assigned to a network. The name of the
assigned network appears in parentheses.
Quarantine (network) An 802.1x security scheme is defined for the
port. A user connected to the port, failed to
authenticate, and was assigned to the
Quarantine network. The name of the
Quarantine network appears in parentheses.
For information on configuring 802.1x port-based security, see Using
Port-Based Security on page 413.