HP PROCURVE 2910AL, Access Security Manual

Page: 455 / 594

Configuring Port-Based and User-Based Access Control (802.1X)
General Setup Procedure for 802.1X Access Control
General Setup Procedure for 802.1X
Access Control
Do These Steps Before You Configure 802.1X Operation
1. Configure a local username and password on the switch for both the
Operator (login) and Manager (enable) access levels. (While this may or
may not be required for your 802.1X configuration, ProCurve recommends
that you use a local username and password pair at least until your other
security measures are in place.)
For switches covered in this guide, the local operator password config­
ured with the password command is not accepted as an 802.1X authenti­
cator credential. The port-access command is used to configure the
operator username and password that are used as 802.1X credentials for
network access to the switch. 802.1X network access is not allowed unless
a password has been configured using the
password port-access
command.
Syntax: password port-access [user-name < name >] < password >
Configures the operator username and password
used to access the network through 802.1X
authentication.
user-name < name >
Operator username (text string) used only for
local authentication of 802.1X clients. This
value is different from the local operator user-
name configured with the
password
command
for management access .
< password >
Operator password (text string) used only for
local authentication of 802.1X clients. This
value is different from the local operator pass­
word configured with the
password
command
for management access.
Figure 12-2 shows how to configure a local operator password for 802.1X
access.
12-15