Cisco Systems 8961 manual 802.1X Authentication and Transaction Status

Chapter 7 Configuring Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone

Security Setup Menu

802.1X Authentication and Transaction Status

The 802.1X Authentication Settings menu allows you to enable 802.1X authentication and view transaction status. These options are described in Table 7-6.

You can access the 802.1X Authentication settings by pressing the Applications button and choosing Administrator Settings > Security Setup > 802.1X Authentication. To exit this menu, press the Exit softkey

Table 7-6	802.1X Authentication Settings
Option		Description		To Change
Device		Determines whether 802.1X authentication is enabled:		1. After pressing the Applications button
Authentication		• Enabled—Phone uses 802.1X authentication to		, choose Administrator Settings
				> Security Setup > 802.1X
			request network access.
				Authentication > Device
		• Disabled—Default setting in which the phone uses
				Authentication.
			CDP to acquire VLAN and network access.	2. Set the Device Authentication option
				to Enabled or Disabled.
				3. Press the Apply softkey.
EAP-MD5		Specifies a password for use with 802.1X authentication		After pressing the Applications button
		using the following menu options (described in the		, choose Administrator Settings >
		following rows):		Security Setup > 802.1X Authentication
		•	Device ID	> EAP-MD5.
		•	Shared Secret
		•	Realm
		Device ID—Derivative of the phone’s model number		Display only—Cannot configure.
		and unique MAC address displayed in this format:
		CP-<model>-SEP-<MAC>
		Shared Secret—Choose a password to use on the phone		1. Choose EAP-MD5 > Shared Secret.
		and on the authentication server. The password must be		2. Enter the shared secret.
		between 6 and 32 characters, consisting of any
				3. Press the Apply softkey.
		combination of numbers or letters.
		Note If you disable 802.1X authentication or perform		See the “Troubleshooting Cisco Unified IP
			a factory reset (reset all settings) of the phone,	Phone Security” section on page 12-9for
			the shared secret is deleted.	assistance in recovering from a deleted
				shared secret.
		Realm—Indicates the user network domain, always set		Display only—Cannot configure.
		as Network.

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