HP PROCURVE 2910AL, Access Security Manual

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Configuring Port-Based and User-Based Access Control (802.1X)
Configuring Switch Ports as 802.1X Authenticators
6. Optional: Reset Authenticator Operation
While 802.1X authentication is operating, you can use the following
aaa port-
access authenticator
commands to reset 802.1X authentication and statistics
on specified ports.
Syntax: aaa port-access authenticator < port-list >
[initialize]
On the specified ports, blocks inbound and outbound
traffic and restarts the 802.1X authentication process.
This happens only on ports configured with
control auto
and actively operating as 802.1X authenticators.
[reauthenticate]
On the specified ports, forces reauthentication (unless
the authenticator is in “HELD” state).
[clear-statistics]
On the specified ports, clears authenticator statistics
counters.
7. Optional: Configure 802.1X Controlled Directions
After you enable 802.1X authentication on specified ports, you can use the
aaa
port-access controlled-directions
command to configure how a port transmits
traffic before it successfully authenticates a client and enters the authenti­
cated state.
As documented in the IEEE 802.1X standard, an 802.1X-aware port that is
unauthenticated can control traffic in either of the following ways:
■ In both ingress and egress directions by disabling both the reception of
incoming frames and transmission of outgoing frames
■ Only in the ingress direction by disabling only the reception of incoming
frames.
Prerequisite. As documented in the IEEE 802.1X standard, the disabling of
incoming traffic and transmission of outgoing traffic on an 802.1X-aware
egress port in an unauthenticated state (using the
aaa port-access controlled-
directions in
command) is supported only if:
■ The port is configured as an edge port in the network using the spanning-
tree edge-port command.
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