Accton Technology ES4548D, ES4524D, 24/48-Port Authenticator State Machine, Backend State Machine

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Command Usage

This command displays the following information:

•Global 802.1X Parameters – Shows whether or not 802.1X port authentication is globally enabled on the switch.

•802.1X Port Summary – Displays the port access control parameters for each interface that has enabled 802.1X, including the following items:

•Status– Administrative state for port access control.

•Operation Mode–Allows single or multiple hosts (page 43-3).

•Mode– Dot1x port control mode (page 43-2).

•Authorized– Authorization status (yes or n/a - not authorized).

•802.1X Port Details – Displays the port access control parameters for each interface, including the following items:

•reauth-enabled– Periodic re-authentication (page 43-4).

•reauth-period– Time after which a connected client must be re-authenticated (page 43-5).

•quiet-period– Time a port waits after Max Request Count is exceeded before attempting to acquire a new client (page 43-5).

•tx-period– Time a port waits during authentication session before re-transmitting EAP packet (page 43-6).

•supplicant-timeout– Supplicant timeout.

•server-timeout– Server timeout.

•reauth-max– Maximum number of reauthentication attempts.

•max-req– Maximum number of times a port will retransmit an EAP request/identity packet to the client before it times out the authentication session (page 43-2).

•Status– Authorization status (authorized or not).

•Operation Mode– Shows if single or multiple hosts (clients) can connect to an 802.1X-authorized port.

•Max Count– The maximum number of hosts allowed to access this port (page 43-3).

•Port-control–Shows the dot1x mode on a port as auto, force-authorized, or force-unauthorized (page 43-2).

•Supplicant– MAC address of authorized client.

•Current Identifier– The integer (0-255) used by the Authenticator to identify the current authentication session.

•Authenticator State Machine

•State– Current state (including initialize, disconnected, connecting, authenticating, authenticated, aborting, held, force_authorized, force_unauthorized).

•Reauth Count– Number of times connecting state is re-entered.

•Backend State Machine

•State– Current state (including request, response, success, fail, timeout, idle, initialize).

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