ECS4100 Series Web Management Guide-R07

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Chapter 12
| Security Measures
Configuring 802.1X Port Authentication
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3. Enable 802.1X globally for the switch, and configure EAPOL Pass Through if
required. Then set the user name and password to use when the switch
responds an MD5 challenge from the authentication server.
4. Click Apply
Figure 213: Configuring Global Settings for 802.1X Port Authentication
Configuring
Port Authenticator
Settings for 802.1X
Use the Security > Port Authentication (Configure Interface – Authenticator) page
to configure 802.1X port settings for the switch as the local authenticator. When
802.1X is enabled, you need to configure the parameters for the authentication
process that runs between the client and the switch (i.e., authenticator), as well as
the client identity lookup process that runs between the switch and authentication
server.
Command Usage
When the switch functions as a local authenticator between supplicant devices
attached to the switch and the authentication server, configure the parameters
for the exchange of EAP messages between the authenticator and clients on
the Authenticator configuration page.
This switch can be configured to serve as the authenticator on selected ports
by setting the Control Mode to Auto on this configuration page, and as a
supplicant on other ports by the setting the control mode to Force-Authorized
on this page and enabling the PAE supplicant on the Supplicant configuration
page.
Parameters
These parameters are displayed:
Port – Port number.
Status – Indicates if authentication is enabled or disabled on the port. The
status is disabled if the control mode is set to Force-Authorized.