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288CHAPTER 8: CONFIGURING AUTHENTICATION, AUTHORIZATION, AND ACCOUNTING PARAMETERS

You can create two types of users in the local database:

„Named users — These users are authenticated by username and password and are assigned to specific VLANs. Users include administrators and network users. You can group these users by creating user groups, in order to simplify configuration.

„MAC address users — These users are authenticated by a MAC address. For example, devices such as PDAs or cellular phones that do not support 802.1X authentication are identified when the WX switch discovers the MAC addresses of these devices from received frames. The MAC address is the username and is authenticated by the local database. You can group these users by creating user groups. MAC address users and user groups cannot be assigned administrative access to the WX switch.

In addition to username and password, you can configure authorization attributes for users. Authorization attributes specify the network resources the user can access. The most commonly used attribute is VLAN-Name, which specifies the VLAN to place the user in after they are authorized.

You can configure authorization attributes for individual users and for user groups. When you configure attributes for a user group, the attribute settings apply to all users in the group. However, if attributes are also configured for an individual user in the group, the values for the attributes configured for the individual user override the attribute values configured for the group.

You can configure groups for named users and groups for MAC users. A group cannot contain both named users and MAC users.

Viewing Users and To view users and groups in the local database:

Groups in the Local

Database

1Select the Configuration tool bar option.

2In the Organizer panel, click the plus sign next to the WX switch.

3Click the plus sign next to AAA.

4Select Local User Database.

The users and user groups configured in the local user database appear.