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Configuring Switch Information 269
The Multiple Hosts page contains the following fields:
•
Port
— The port number for which Advanced Port Based Authentication is enabled.
• Host Authentication
— Defines the host authentication type. The possible fields are:
–Single
— Enables a single authorized host for single-session access to the system.
–
Multiple Host
— Enables a single host to authorize multiple hosts for single-session access to the
system. This setting must be enabled in order to either disable the ingress-filter, or to use port-lock
security on the selected port.
–
Multiple Session
— Enables a single authorzied host for multiple-session access to the system.
This is the default value.
•
Action on Single Host Violation
— Defines the action to be applied to packets arriving in single-host
mode, from a host whose MAC address is not the client (supplicant) MAC address. The possible field
values are:
–
Forward
— Forwards the packets from an unknown source, however, the MAC address is
not learned.
–
Discard
— Discards the packets from any unlearned source. This is the default value.
–
Shutdown
— Discards the packet from any unlearned source and shuts down the port.
Ports remain shut down until they are activated, or the switch is reset.
•
Traps
— Enables or disables sending traps to the host if a violation occurs.
–
Enable
— Enables sending traps.
–
Disable
— Disables sending traps.
•
Trap Frequency (1-1000000)
— Defines the time period in seconds by which traps are sent to the host.
The
Trap Frequency (1-1000000)
field can be defined only if the
Multiple Hosts
field is defined as
Disable
. The default is 10 seconds.
•
Status
— The host status. The possible field values are:
–
Unauthorized
— Indicates that the port control is
Force Unauthorized,
the port link is down or the
port control is Auto, but a client has not been authenticated via the port.
–
Not in Auto Mode
— Indicates that the port control is
Forced Authorized
, and clients have full
port access.
–
Single-host Lock
— Indicates that the port control is
Auto
and a single client has been
authenticated via the port.
–
No Single Host
— Indicates that Multiple Host is enabled.
•
Number of Violations
— The number of packets that arrived on the interface in single-host mode,
from a host whose MAC address is not the client (supplicant) MAC address.