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Configuring Port-Based and User-Based Access Control (802.1X)

Displaying 802.1X Configuration, Statistics, and Counters

Table 10-3. Field Descriptions of show port-access authenticator config Command Output (Figure 10-11)

Field	Description
Port-access	Whether 802.1X authentication is enabled or disabled on specified port(s).
authenticator activated
Port	Port number on switch.
Re-auth Period	Period of time (in seconds) after which clients connected to the port need to be re-
	authenticated.
Access Control	Port’s authentication mode:
	Auto: Network access is allowed to any connected device that supports 802.1X
	authentication and provides valid 802.1X credentials.
	Authorized: Network access is allowed to any device connected to the port,
	regardless of whether it meets 802.1X criteria.
	Unauthorized: Network access is blocked to any device connected to the port,
	regardless of whether the device meets 802.1X criteria.
Max reqs	Number of authentication attempts that must time-out before authentication fails and
	the authentication session ends.
Quiet Period	Period of time (in seconds) during which the port does not try to acquire a supplicant.
TX Timeout	Period of time (in seconds) that the port waits to retransmit the next EAPOL PDU
	during an authentication session.
Supplicant Timeout	Period of time (in seconds) that the switch waits for a supplicant response to an EAP
	request.
Server Timeout	Period of time (in seconds) that the switch waits for a server response to an
	authentication request.
Cntrl Dir	Directions in which flow of incoming and outgoing traffic is blocked on 802.1X-aware
	port that has not yet entered the authenticated state:
	Both: Incoming and outgoing traffic is blocked on port until authentication occurs.
	In: Only incoming traffic is blocked on port before authentication occurs. Outgoing
	traffic with unknown destination addresses is flooded on the unauthenticated
	802.1X-aware port.

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