
Operation Manual – MAC Address Authentication
H3C S5600 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 MAC Address Authentication
Configuration
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Remarks
Set the user
name in fixed
mode for MAC
address
authentication
mac-authentication
authmode
usernamefixed
Configure the
user name
mac-authentication
authusername
username
Set the user name
in fixed mode for
MAC address
authentication
Configure the
password
mac-authentication
authpassword
password
Optional
By default, the
user name is
“mac” and no
password is
configured.
Specify an ISP
domain for MAC
address
authentication
mac-authentication domain isp-name
Required
The default ISP
domain (default
domain) is used
by default.
Configure the
MAC address
authentication
timers
mac-authentication
timer
{
offline-detect
offline-detect-value
|
quiet
quiet-value
|
server-timeout
server-timeout-value
}
Optional
The default
timeout values
are as follows:
300 seconds for
offline detect
timer;
60 seconds for
quiet timer; and
100 seconds for
server timeout
timer
Caution:
z
If MAC address authentication is enabled on a port, you cannot configure the
maximum number of dynamic MAC address entries for that port (through the
mac-address max-mac-count
command), and vice versa.
z
If MAC address authentication is enabled on a port, you cannot configure port
security (through the
port-security enable
command) on that port, and vice versa.
z
You can configure MAC address authentication on a port before enabling it globally.
However, the configuration will not take effect unless MAC address authentication is
enabled globally.