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Chapter8 Configuring 802.1X Port-B as ed Authentication Configuring 802.1X Authentication
802.1X Configuration Guidelines
These are the 802.1X authentication configuration guidelines:
When 802.1X is enabled, ports are authenticated before any other Layer 2 features are enabled .
The 802.1X protocol is supported on Layer 2 static-access ports, but it is not supported on these port
types:
Trunk portIf you try to enable 802.1X on a trunk port, an error message appears, and 802.1X
is not enabled. If you try to change the mode of an 802.1X-enabled port to trunk, the port mode
is not changed.
Dynamic portsA port in dynamic mode can negotiate with its neighbor to become a trunk
port. If you try to enable 802.1X on a dynamic port, an e rror m essage app ears, a nd 80 2. 1X i s
not enabled. If you try to change the mode of an 802.1X-enabled port to dynamic, the port mode
is not changed.
Dynamic-access portsIf you try to enable 802.1X on a dynamic-access (VLAN Query
Protocol [VQP]) port, an error message appears, and 802.1X is not enabled. If you try to change
an 802.1X-enabled port to dynamic VLAN assignment, a n error m es sag e ap pe ars, an d th e
VLAN configuration is not changed.
EtherChannel portBefore enabling 802.1X on the port, you must first remove it from the
EtherChannel. If you try to enable 802.1X on an EtherC hanne l or o n a n active port i n a n
EtherChannel, an error message appears, and 802.1X is not enabled . If you enable 802.1X on a
not-yet active port of an EtherChannel, the port does not join the EtherChannel.
Secure portYou cannot configure a secure port as an 802.1X port. If you try to enable 802.1X
on a secure port, an error message appears, and 802.1X is not enabled. If you try to change an
802.1X-enabled port to a secure port, an error message appears, and the security settings are not
changed.
Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) destination portYou can enable 802.1X on a port that is a
SPAN destination port; however, 802.1X is disabled until the port is removed as a SPAN
destination. You can enable 802.1X on a SPAN source port.