Switch User Manual

Configuring 802.1X Authentication
SecureStack C3 Configuration Guide 26-15
Configuring 802.1X Authentication
Purpose
Toreviewandconfigure802.1XauthenticationforoneormoreportsusingEAPOL(Extensible
AuthenticationProtocol).802.1Xcontrolsnetworkaccessbyenforcinguserauthorizationon
selectedports,whichresultsinallowingordenyingnetworkaccessaccordingtoRADIUSserver
configuration.
Commands
show dot1x
Usethiscommandtodisplay802.1Xstatus,diagnostics,statistics,andreauthenticationor
initializationcontrolinformationforoneormoreports.
Syntax
show dot1x [auth-diag] [auth-stats] [port [init | reauth]] [port-string]
Parameters
Defaults
Ifnoparametersarespecified,802.1Xstatuswillbedisplayed.
Note: To configure EAP pass-through, which allows client authentication packets to be forwarded
through the switch to an upstream device, 802.1X authentication must be globally disabled with the
set dot1x command (“set dot1x” on page 26-18).
For information about... Refer to page...
show dot1x 26-15
show dot1x auth-config 26-17
set dot1x 26-18
set dot1x auth-config 26-19
clear dot1x auth-config 26-20
show eapol 26-21
set eapol 26-23
clear eapol 26-23
auth‐diag (Optional)Displaysauthenticationdiagnosticsinformation.
auth‐stats (Optional)Displaysauthenticationstatistics.
portinit|reauth (Optional)Displaysthestatusofportinitializationandreauthentication
controlfortheport.
port‐string (Optional)Displaysinformationforspecificport(s).Foradetailed
descriptionofpossibleport‐stringvalues,referto“PortStringSyntaxUsed
in
theCLI”onpage 7‐1.