Enterasys Networks 2H252, 2E253, 2H253, 2H258 manual Port

EAP (Port) Configuration Screen

Field Descriptions

Refer to Table 3-9for a functional description of each screen field.

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Table 3-9 EAP Port Configuration Screen Field Descriptions

Use this field…	To…
Port	See the port number of all ports known to the device. Up to 10 ports
(Read-Only)	can be displayed as a time. Highlight NEXT and press ENTER to
	display the next set of ports.

Authentication State See the current authentication state of each port.

(Read-Only)

These following nine described states are the possible internal states for the authenticator. Some states are simply pass-through states causing a small action and immediately moving to a new state. Therefore, not all states can be observed for this interface.

• initialize: A port is in the initialize state when: a. EAP authentication is disabled,

b. EAP authentication is enabled and the port is not linked, or

c. EAP authentication is enabled and the port is linked. (In this case very little time is spent in this state, it immediately transitions to the connecting state, via disconnected.

• disconnected: The port passes through this state on its way to connected whenever the port is reinitialized, via link state change, reauthentication failure, or management intervention.

• connecting: While in this state, the authenticator sends request/ID messages to the supplicant.

• authenticating: The port enters this state from connecting after receiving a response/ID from the supplicant. It remains in this state until the entire authentication exchange between the supplicant and the authentication server completes.

• authenticated: The port enters this state from authenticating state after the exchange completes with a favorable result. It remains in this state until linkdown, logoff, or until a reauthentication begins.

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