190| MAC- based Authentication DellPowerConnect W- Series ArubaOS 6.2 | User Guide
Parameter Description
Case Thecase (upper or lower) used in the MAC string.
Default:low er
MaxAuthentication failures Number oftim esa station can fail to authenticate before it is blacklisted. A value of 0
disablesbl acklisting.
Default:0

Using the WebUI to confi gurea MAC aut hentication profile

1. N avigate to the Configuration > Security > Authentication > L2 Authentication page.
2. Select MAC Authentication Profile.
3. E nter a profile nameand click A dd.
4. Select the profile name to display configurable parameters.
5. Co nfigurethe parameters, as described in Table 58.
6. Click A pply.

Using the CLI to confi gurea MAC aut hentication profile

(host)(configure) #aaa authentication mac <profile>
case {lower|upper}
delimiter {colon|dash|none}
max-authentication-failures <number>
Configuring Clients
You can create entries in the controller’si nternaldatabase that can be used to authenticate client MAC addresses.
The internaldatabase contai ns a list of clients along with the password and default role for each client. To configure
entries in the internaldatabase for MAC authentication, you enter the MAC address for both the user name and
password for each client.
NOTE:You m ustenter the MAC address using the delimiter format configured in the MAC authentication profile. The default
delimiter is none, which means that MAC addresses should be in the formatxxxxxxxxxxxx.If you specify colons for thedel imiter, you
canenter MAC addresses in the format xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.
In the WebUI
1. N avigate to the Configuration > Security > Authentication > Servers page.
2. Select I nternalDB.
3. Click A ddUser in the Users section. The user configuration page displays.
4. Fo rUser Name and Password, enter the MAC address for the client. Use the format specified by the Delimiter
parameterin t heMA C Authentication profile. For example,if t heMA C Authentication profile specifies the
defaultdelimiter (none), enter MAC addresses in the format xxxxxxxxxxxx.
5. Click En abledt o activate this entry on creation.
6. Click A pplyto apply the configuration.
NOTE:The configurationdoes not take effect until you perform this step.