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Managing Authentication Servers Server Overview
OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Guide April 2006 page 20-7
Port-Based Network Access Control (802.1X)
For devices authenticating on an 802.1X port on the switch, only RADIUS authentication servers are
supported. The RADIUS server contains a database of user names and passwords, and may also contain
challenges/responses and other authentication criteria.
For more information about configuring 802.1X ports on the switch, see Chapter 22, “Configuring
802.1X.”
Basic 802.1X Components
Supplicant
Authenticator PAE
RADIUS server
OmniSwitch
PC
login request
OmniSwitch 6648
OmniSwitch 6648
Authentication
Server
authentication
request
authorization
granted