Configuring Device Security
Defining 802.1X
Cisco Small Business SFE/SGE Managed Switches Administration Guide
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Forward
— Forwards the packet.
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Discard
— Discards the packets. This is the default value.
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Shutdown
— Discards the packets and shuts down the port. The ports
remains shut down until reactivated, or until the device is reset.
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Traps — Indicates if traps are enabled for Multiple Hosts. The possible field
values are:
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Enable
— Indicates that traps are enabled for Multiple hosts.
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Disable
— Indicates that traps are disabled for Multiple hosts.
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Trap Frequency — Defines the time period by which traps are sent to the host.
The Trap Frequency (1-1000000) field can be defined only if multiple hosts are
disabled. The default is 10 seconds.
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Status — Indicates the host status. If there is an asterisk
*
, the port is either not
linked or is down. The possible field values are:
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Unauthorized
— Indicates that either the port control is Force
Unauthorized and the port link is down, or the port control is Auto but a
client has not been authenticated via the port.
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Force-Authorized —
Indicates that the port control is Forced Authorized,
and clients have full port access.
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Single-host Lock —
Indicates that the port control is Auto and only a single client has
been authenticated
via the port.
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Multiple Hosts —
Indicates that the port control is Auto and Multiple Hosts mode is
enabled. One client
has been authenticated.
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Multiple Sessions —
Indicates that the port control is Auto and Multiple
Sessions mode is enabled. At least one client has been authenticated.
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Number of Violations
— Indicates the number of packets that arrived on
the interface in single-host mode, from a host whose MAC address is not
the supplicant MAC address.
Modifying Authentication Settings
STEP 2
Click the
Edit
button. The
Edit Authentication Page
opens: