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

Configuring Switch Ports To Operate As Supplicants for 802.1X Connections to Other Switches

A “failure” response continues the block on port B5 and causes port A1 to wait for the “held-time” period before trying again to achieve authentication through port B5.

Supplicant Port Configuration

Enabling a Switch Port To Operate as a Supplicant. You can configure one or more switch ports to operate as supplicants for point-to-point links to 802.1X-aware ports on other switches. You must configure a port as a supplicant before you can configure any supplicant-related parameters.

Syntax: [no] aaa port-access supplicant [ethernet] < port-list>

Configures a port to operate as a supplicant using either the default supplicant parameters or any previously configured supplicant parameters, whichever is the most recent. The “no” form of the command disables supplicant operation on the specified ports.

Configuring a Supplicant Switch Port. Note that you must enable supplicant operation on a port before you can change the supplicant configuration. This means you must execute the supplicant command once without any other parameters, then execute it again with a supplicant parameter you want to configure. If the intended authenticator port uses RADIUS authentication, then use the identity and secret options to configure the RADIUS-expected username and password on the supplicant port. If the intended authenticator port uses Local 802.1X authentication, then use the identity and secret options to configure the authenticator switch’s local username and password on the supplicant port.

Syntax: aaa port-access supplicant [ethernet] < port-list>

To enable supplicant operation on the designated ports, execute this command without any other parameters. After doing this, you can use the command again with the following parameters to configure supplicant oper- tion. (Use one instance of the command for each parameter you want to configure The no form disables supplicant operation on the designated port(s).

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