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Chapter
9
Multi-Device Port Authentication
Table 54 lists the multi-device port authentication features supported on Brocade ICX 6650. These
features are supported in the Layer 2, base Layer 3, edge Layer 3, and full Layer 3 software
images, except where explicitly noted.
Multi-device port authentication is a way to configure a Brocade device to forward or block traffic
from a MAC address based on information received from a RADIUS server.
How multi-device port authentication works
Multi-device port authentication is a way to configure a Brocade device to forward or block traffic
from a MAC address based on information received from a RADIUS server.
TABLE 54 Supported Multi-device port authentication (MDPA) features
Feature Brocade ICX 6650
Multi-Device Port Authentication Yes
Support for Multi-Device Port
Authentication together with:
Dynamic VLAN assignment Yes
Dynamic ACLs Yes
802.1X Yes
Denial of Service (DoS) attack
protection
Yes
Source guard protection Yes
ACL-per-port-per-VLAN Yes
Authenticating multiple MAC addresses on
an interface
Yes
Specifying the format of the MAC
addresses sent to the RADIUS server
Yes
Specifying the authentication-failure
action
Yes
Password override Yes
Specifying the RADIUS timeout action Yes
SNMP Traps Yes
MAC Address Filters Yes
Aging time for blocked MAC Addresses Yes