EAP (Port) Configuration Screen

Table 3-9 EAP Port Configuration Screen Field Descriptions (Continued)

Use this field…

To…

 

 

Authentication State

aborting: The port enters this state from authenticating when any

(Cont’d)

event occurs that interrupts the login exchange.

 

 

 

held: After any login failure, this state is entered where the port

 

remains for the number of seconds equal to quietPeriod (can be set

 

using mib).

 

 

 

forceAuth: Management has set this in “Port Control”. This allows

 

normal, unsecured switching on this port.

 

 

 

forceUnauth: Management has set this in “Port Control”.

 

Absolutely no frames are forwarded to or from this port.

 

 

Backend State

See the current backend state of each port.

(Read-Only)

The backend state machine controls the protocol interaction between

 

 

the authenticator (the switch) and the authentication server (typically

 

a radius server).

 

These following seven 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, you

 

may not observe all of the states in this interface.

 

For more detail, please see the IEEE Standard 802.1X-20001, Port

 

Based Network Access Control.

 

 

 

request: The port has received a request from the server and is

 

waiting for a response from the supplicant.

 

 

 

response: The port has received a response from the server and is

 

waiting for either another request or an accept or reject from the

 

server.

 

 

 

success: The port has received a success from the server. Send a

 

success to the supplicant and move to idle.

 

 

 

fail: The port has received a reject from the server. Send a fail to the

 

supplicant and move to idle.

 

 

 

timeout: The port has timed-out during the authentication exchange.

 

 

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