Reference Guide

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RADIUS Attributes for 802.1 Support
Dell Networking systems includes the following RADIUS attributes in all 802.1X-triggered
Access-Request messages:
Configuring 802.1X
Configuring 802.1X on a port is a two-step process:
1. Enable 802.1X globally.
2. Enable 802.1X on an interface.
Related Configuration Tasks
• Configuring Request Identity Re-transmissions
• Configure Port-control
• Re-Authenticating a Port
• Configuring Timeouts
• Configure a Guest VLAN
• Configure an Authentication-Fail VLAN
Table 7-1. 802.1X Supported RADIUS Attributes
Attribute Name Description
1 User-Name the name of the supplicant to be authenticated.
4 NAS-IP-Address
5 NAS-Port the physical port number by which the authenticator is connected to the
supplicant.
24 State
30 Called-Station-Id
31 Calling-Station-Id relays the supplicant MAC address to the authentication server.
61 NAS-Port-Type NAS-port physical port type. 5 indicates Ethernet.
64 Tunnel-Type
65 Tunnel-Medium-Type
79 EAP-Message encapsulates EAP packets
80 Message-Authenticator a calculated value included in Access-Requests to prevent spoofing.
81 Tunnel-Private-Group-ID associate a tunneled session with a particular group of users.