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Configuring 802.1X Port Security
Table 210 lists individual Dell PowerConnect switches and the 802.1X port security features they
support.
IETF RFC support
Dell PowerConnect devices support the IEEE 802.1X standard for authenticating devices attached
to LAN ports. Using 802.1X port security, you can configure a PowerConnect device to grant
access to a port based on information supplied by a client to an authentication server.
When a user logs on to a network that uses 802.1X port security, the PowerConnect device grants
(or does not grant) access to network services after the user is authenticated by an authentication
server. The user-based authentication in 802.1X port security provides an alternative to granting
network access based on a user IP address, MAC address, or subnetwork.
The 802.1X port security supports the following RFCs:
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RFC 2284 PPP Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
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RFC 2865 Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)
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RFC 2869 RADIUS Extensions
TABLE 210 Supported 802.1X port security features
Feature PowerConnect B-Series FCX
802.1X port security Yes
Multiple host authentication Yes
EAP pass-through support Yes
802.1X accounting Yes
802.1X dynamic assignment for ACL,
MAC address filter, and VLAN Yes
Automatic removal of Dynamic VLAN for
802.1X ports Yes
RADIUS timeout action Yes
802.1X and multi-device port
authentication on the same port Yes
802.1X and sFlow
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802.1X username export support
for encrypted and non-encrypted
EAP types
Yes