
Operation Manual – 802.1x-HABP-MAC Authentication
H3C S3610&S5510 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 802.1x Configuration
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Type
Description
EAPOL-Encapsulated-ASF-Alert
(a value of 0x04)
Frame for carrying alerting information
compliant to Alert Standard Forum (ASF).
A frame of this type carries network
management-related information like warning
messages and is terminated at the
authenticator.
z
Length: Length of the data, that is, length of the Packet body field, in bytes. If the
value of this field is 0, no subsequent data field is present.
z
Packet body: Content of the packet. The format of this field varies with the value of
the Type field.
II. EAP Packet Format
An EAPOL frame of the type of EAP-Packet carries an EAP packet in its Packet body
field. The format of the EAP packet is shown in
Figure 1-4
EAP packet format
z
Code: Type of the EAP packet, which can be Request, Response, Success, or
Failure.
An EAP packet of the type of Success or Failure has no Data field, and has a length of
4.
An EAP packet of the type of Request or Response has a Data field in the format shown
in
. The Type field indicates the EAP authentication type. A value of 1
represents Identity, indicating that the packet is for querying the identity of the
supplicant. A value of 4 represents MD5-Challenge, which corresponds closely to the
PPP CHAP protocol.
Figure 1-5
Format of the Data field in an EAP request/response packet
z
Identifier: Allows matching of responses with requests.