H3C S5120-EI Series, Руководство по эксплуатации

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Figure 1-3
EAPOL frame format
z
PAE Ethernet type: Protocol type. It takes the value 0x888E.
z
Protocol version: Version of the EAPOL protocol supported by the EAPOL frame sender.
z
Type: Type of the EAPOL frame. Table 1-1 lists the types that the device currently supports.
Table 1-1
Types of EAPOL frames
Type Description
EAP-Packet (a value of 0x00)
Frame for carrying authentication information, present between a
device and the authentication server.
A frame of this type is repackaged and transferred by RADIUS to get
through complex networks to reach the authentication server.
EAPOL-Start (a value of 0x01)
Frame for initiating authentication, present between a client and a
device.
EAPOL-Logoff (a value of 0x02) Frame for logoff request, present between a client and a device.
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.
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 .
Figure 1-4
EAP packet format
0 15
Code
Data
Length
7
Identifier
2
4
N
z
Code: Type of the EAP packet, which can be Request, Response, Success, or Failure.
z
Identifier: Allows matching of responses with requests.
z
Length: Length of the EAP packet, including the Code, Identifier, Length, and Data fields, in bytes.
z
Data: Content of the EAP packet. This field is zero or more bytes and its format is determined by
the Code field.