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Viewing Per-port 802.1X Details
To view the 802.1X configuration on an interface, select the interface and click
Details
. See
for information about the fields the Port Access Control Port Details page displays. Note
that the fields that display after you click Details depend on whether the port is configured with
Authenticator or Supplicant PAE Capabilities.
Supplicant Options
The fields in this section can be changed only when the selected port is configured as a supplicant port (that is, the PAE
Capabilities field is set to Supplicant).
Control Mode
The port-based access control mode on the port, which is one of the following:
Auto – The port is in an unauthorized state until a successful authentication exchange
has taken place between the supplicant port, the authenticator port, and the authentica-
tion server.
Force Unauthorized – The port is placed into an unauthorized state and is automatically
denied system access.
Force Authorized – The port is placed into an authorized state and does not require cli-
ent port-based authentication to be able to send and receive traffic.
Username
The name the port uses to identify itself as a supplicant to the authenticator port. The menu
includes the users that are configured for system management. When authenticating, the
supplicant provides the password associated with the selected User Name.
Authentication Period
The amount of time the supplicant port waits to receive a challenge from the authentication
server. If the configured Authentication Period expires, the supplicant retransmits the
authentication request until it is authenticated or has sent the number of messages configured
in the Maximum Start Messages field.
Start Period
The amount of time the supplicant port waits for a response from the authenticator port after
sending a Start packet. If no response is received, the supplicant retransmits the Start packet.
Held Period
The amount of time the supplicant port waits before contacting the authenticator port after an
active 802.1X session fails.
Maximum Start Messages
The maximum number of Start packets the supplicant port sends to the authenticator port
without receiving a response before it considers the authenticator to be 802.1X-unaware.
Field
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