Users Guide

INTERFACE mode
dot1x authentication
Examples of Verifying that 802.1X is Enabled Globally and on an Interface
Verify that 802.1X is enabled globally and at the interface level using the show running-config | find
dot1x command from EXEC Privilege mode.
In the following example, the bold lines show that 802.1X is enabled.
Dell#show running-config | find dot1x
dot1x authentication
!
[output omitted]
!
interface GigabitEthernet 2/1
no ip address
dot1x authentication
no shutdown
!
Dell#
To view 802.1X configuration information for an interface, use the show dot1x interface command.
In the following example, the bold lines show that 802.1X is enabled on all ports unauthorized by default.
Dell#show dot1x interface GigabitEthernet 2/1/
802.1x information on Gi 2/1/:
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Dot1x Status: Enable
Port Control: AUTO
Port Auth Status: UNAUTHORIZED
Re-Authentication: Disable
Untagged VLAN id: None
Guest VLAN: Disable
Guest VLAN id: NONE
Auth-Fail VLAN: Disable
Auth-Fail VLAN id: NONE
Auth-Fail Max-Attempts: NONE
Mac-Auth-Bypass: Disable
Mac-Auth-Bypass Only: Disable
Tx Period: 30 seconds
Quiet Period: 60 seconds
ReAuth Max: 2
Supplicant Timeout: 30 seconds
Server Timeout: 30 seconds
Re-Auth Interval: 3600 seconds
Max-EAP-Req: 2
Host Mode: SINGLE_HOST
Auth PAE State: Initialize
Backend State: Initialize
Configuring dot1x Profile
You can configure a dot1x profile for defining a list of trusted supplicant MAC addresses. A maximum of 10
dot1x profiles can be configured. The profile name length is limited to 32 characters. Thedot1x profile
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