Cisco Systems 8.6 Choose Settings Security Configuration, 802.1X Authentication Device, EAP-MD5

Chapter 4 Configuring Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phones

Security Configuration Menu

Table 4-24	802.1X Authentication Settings
Option		Description		To Change
Device Authentication		Determines whether 802.1X authentication		1. Choose Settings > Security Configuration >
		is enabled:			802.1X Authentication > Device
		•	Enabled—Phone uses 802.1X		Authentication.
			authentication to request network	2. Set the Device Authentication option to
			access.		Enabled or Disabled.
		• Disabled—Default setting in which the		3.	Press the Save softkey.
			phone uses CDP to acquire VLAN and
			network access.
EAP-MD5		Specifies a password for use with 802.1X		Choose Settings > Security Configuration >
		Authentication using the following menu		802.1X Authentication > EAP-MD5.
		options (described in the following rows):
		•	Device ID
		•	Shared Secret
		•	Realm
		Device ID—A derivative of the phone’s		Display only—Cannot configure.
		model number and unique MAC address,
		displayed in this format:
		CP-<model>-SEP-<MAC>
		Shared Secret—Choose a password to use on		1.	Choose EAP-MD5 > Shared Secret.
		the phone and on the authentication server.		2. Enter the shared secret.
		The password must be between 6 and 32
				3.	Press Save.
		characters, consisting of any combination of
		numbers or letters.		See Troubleshooting Cisco Unified IP Phone
		Note If you disable 802.1X authentication		Security, page 9-9for assistance in recovering
			or perform a factory reset of the	from a deleted shared secret.
			phone, the shared secret is deleted.
		Realm—Indicates the user network domain,		Display only—Cannot configure.
		always set as Network.

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