Specifications

Security Configuration Command Set
Configuring MAC Authentication
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Table 10-3 show macauthentication Output Details
Output What It Displays...
MAC authentication Whether MAC authentication is globally enabled or disabled. Set
using the set macauthentication command as described in
Section 10.3.3.3.
MAC user password User password associated with MAC authentication on the switch.
Set using the set macauthentication password command as
described in Section 10.3.3.4.
Port username
significant bits
Number of significant bits in the MAC addresses to be used
starting with the left-most bit of the vendor portion of the MAC
address. The significant portion of the MAC address is sent as a
user-name credential when the primary attempt to authenticate
the full MAC address fails. Any other failure to authenticate the full
address, (i.e., authentication server timeout) causes the next
attempt to start once again with a full MAC authentication. Default
is 48 and cannot be reset.
Port Port designation. For a detailed description of possible port-string
values, refer to Section 3.1.1.
Port State Whether or not MAC authentication is enabled or disabled on this
port.
Reauth Period Reauthentication period for this port. Default value of 30 can be
changed using the set macauthentication reauthperiod
command described in Section 10.3.3.13.
Auth Allowed Number of concurrent authentications supported on this port.
Default is 1 and cannot be reset.
Auth Allocated Maximum number of MAC authentications permitted on this port.
Default is 1 and cannot be reset
Reauthentications Whether or not reauthentication is enabled or disabled on this
port. Set using the set macauthentication reauthentication
command described in Section 10.3.3.10.