Blade ICE G8000 manual Port-based Network Access Control

CHAPTER 2

Port-based Network Access Control

Port-Based Network Access control provides a means of authenticating and authorizing devices attached to a LAN port that has point-to-point connection characteristics. It prevents access to ports that fail authentication and authorization. This feature provides security to ports of the G8000 that connect to servers.

The following topics are discussed in this section:

„“Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN” on page 40

„“802.1X authentication process” on page 41

„“802.1X port states” on page 43

„“Supported RADIUS attributes” on page 44

„“Configuration guidelines” on page 45

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