Specifications

Configuring 802.1X Authentication
SecureStack B2 Configuration Guide 19-11
Configuring 802.1X Authentication
Purpose
Toreviewandconfigure802.1XauthenticationforoneormoreportsusingEAPOL(Extensible
AuthenticationProtocol).802.1Xcontrolsnetworkaccessbyenforcinguserauthorizationon
selectedports,whichresultsinallowingordenyingnetworkaccessaccordingtoRADIUSserver
configuration.
Commands
show dot1x
Usethiscommandtodisplay802.1Xstatus,diagnostics,statistics,andreauthenticationor
initializationcontrolinformationforoneormoreports.
Syntax
show dot1x [auth-diag] [auth-stats] [port [init | reauth]] [port-string]
Parameters
Defaults
Ifnoparametersarespecified,802.1Xstatuswillbedisplayed.
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 19-14).
For information about... Refer to page...
show dot1x 19-11
show dot1x auth-config 19-13
set dot1x 19-14
set dot1x auth-config 19-15
clear dot1x auth-config 19-16
show eapol 19-17
set eapol 19-19
clear eapol 19-19
authdiag (Optional)Displaysauthenticationdiagnosticsinformation.
authstats (Optional)Displaysauthenticationstatistics.
portinit|reauth (Optional)Displaysthestatusofportinitializationandreauthentication
controlfortheport.
portstring (Optional)Displaysinformationforspecificport(s).Foradetailed
descriptionofpossibleportstringvalues,refertoPortStringSyntaxUsed
in
theCLIonpage 72.