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Enhancements in Release F.05.05 through F.05.70
Enhancements in Release F.05.05 through F.05.60
3. Configure the 802.1X Authentication Method
This task specifies how the switch will authenticate the credentials provided by a supplicant
connected to a switch port configured as an 802.1X authenticator.
For example, to enable the switch to perform 802.1X authentication using one or more EAP-capable
RADIUS servers:
Figure 12. Example of 802.1X (Port-Access) Authentication
Syntax: aaa authentication port-access < local | eap-radius | chap-radius >
Determines the type of RADIUS authentication to use.
local Use the switch’s local username and password for
supplicant authentication.
eap-radius Use EAP-RADIUS authentication. (Refer to the
documentation for your RADIUS server.)
chap-radius Use CHAP-RADIUS (MD-5) authentication.
(Refer to the documentation for your RADIUS server appli-
cation.)
802.1X (Port-Access)
configured for EAP-
RADIUS authentication.
Configuration command for
EAP-RADIUS
authentication.