Managing Device Security
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ProSafe M5300 Switch
Operating Control Mode This field indicates the control mode under which the port is actually
operating. Possible values are:
• ForceUnauthorized
• ForceAuthorized
• Auto
• N/A: If the port is in detached state it cannot participate in port access
control.
Reauthentication Enabled This field shows whether reauthentication of the supplicant for the specified
port is allowed. The possible values are 'true' and 'false'. If the value is 'true'
reauthentication will occur. Otherwise, reauthentication will not be allowed.
Control Direction This displays the control direction for the specified port. The control direction
dictates the degree to which protocol exchanges take place between
Supplicant and Authenticator. This affects whether the unauthorized
controlled port exerts control over communication in both directions (disabling
both incoming and outgoing frames) or just in the incoming direction (disabling
only the reception of incoming frames). This field is not configurable on some
platforms.
Protocol Version This field displays the protocol version associated with the selected port. The
only possible value is 1, corresponding to the first version of the 802.1x
specification. This field is not configurable.
PAE Capabilities This field displays the port access entity (PAE) functionality of the selected
port. Possible values are “Authenticator” or “Supplicant”. This field is not
configurable.
Authenticator PAE State This field displays the current state of the authenticator PAE state machine.
Possible values are:
• “Initialize”
• “Disconnected”
• “Connecting”
• “Authenticating”
• “Authenticated”
• “Aborting”
• “Held”
• “ForceAuthorized”
• “ForceUnauthorized”.
Backend State This field displays the current state of the backend authentication state
machine. Possible values are:
• “Request”
• “Response”
• “Success”
• “Fail”
• “Timeout”
• “Initialize”
• “Idle”
Field Description