Operation Manual -- Centralized MAC Address Authentication
Quidway S5600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510
Chapter 1 Centralized MAC Address
Authentication Configuration
Huawei Technologies Proprietary
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1.2.3 Enabling Centralized MAC Address Authentication for a Port
You can enable centralized MAC address authentication for a port in system view or in
Ethernet port view.
Table 1-3
Enable centralized MAC address authentication for a port in system view
Operation
Command
Description
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enable centralized
MAC address
authentication for
specified ports
mac-authentication
interface interface-list
Required
By default, centralized MAC
address authentication is
disabled on a port.
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Enable centralized MAC address authentication for a port in Ethernet port
view
Operation
Command
Description
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter Ethernet port
view
interface
interface-type
interface-number
—
Enable centralized
MAC address
authentication for
the current port
mac-authentication
Required
By default, centralized MAC
address authentication is
disabled on a port.
Caution:
The configuration of the maximum number of learned MAC addresses (refer to the
mac-address max-mac-count
command) is unavailable for the ports with centralized
MAC address authentication enabled. Similarly, the centralized MAC address
authentication is unavailable for the ports with the maximum number of learned MAC
addresses configured.
Centralized MAC address authentication for a port can be configured but does not take
effect before global centralized MAC address authentication is enabled. After global
centralized MAC address authentication is enabled, ports enabled with the centralized
MAC address authentication will perform the authentication immediately.