CLI Reference Guide-R02

Chapter 8 | Authentication Commands
802.1X Port Authentication
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◆ 802.1X Port Summary – Displays the port access control parameters for each
interface that has enabled 802.1X, including the following items:
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Type – Administrative state for port access control (Enabled, Authenticator,
or Supplicant).
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Operation Mode – Allows single or multiple hosts (page 259).
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Control Mode – Dot1x port control mode (page 260).
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Authorized – Authorization status (yes or n/a - not authorized).
◆ 802.1X Port Details – Displays the port access control parameters for each
interface, including the following items:
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Reauthentication – Periodic re-authentication (page 260).
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Reauth Period – Time after which a connected client must be re-
authenticated (page 261).
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Quiet Period – Time a port waits after Max Request Count is exceeded
before attempting to acquire a new client (page 261).
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TX Period – Time a port waits during authentication session before re-
transmitting EAP packet (page 262).
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Supplicant Timeout – Supplicant timeout.
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Server Timeout – Server timeout. A RADIUS server must be set before the
correct operational value of 10 seconds will be displayed in this field.
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Reauth Max Retries – Maximum number of reauthentication attempts.
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Max Request – Maximum number of times a port will retransmit an EAP
request/identity packet to the client before it times out the authentication
session (page 258).
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Operation Mode– Shows if single or multiple hosts (clients) can connect to
an 802.1X-authorized port.
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Port Control–Shows the dot1x mode on a port as auto, force-authorized, or
force-unauthorized (page 260).
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Intrusion Action– Shows the port response to intrusion when
authentication fails (page 257).
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Supplicant– MAC address of authorized client.
◆ Authenticator PAE State Machine
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State – Current state (including initialize, disconnected, connecting,
authenticating, authenticated, aborting,
held, force_authorized,
force_unauthorized).
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Reauth Count– Number of times connecting state is re-entered.
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Current Identifier– The integer (0-255) used by the Authenticator to identify
the current authentication session.
◆ Backend State Machine
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State – Current state (including request, response, success, fail, timeout,
idle, initialize).
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Request Count– Number of EAP Request packets sent to the Supplicant
without receiving a response.
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Identifier (Server)– Identifier carried in the most recent EAP Success, Failure
or Request packet received from the Authentication Server.