Brocade 6910 Ethernet Access Switch Configuration Guide (Supporting R2.2.0.0) - Manual (Page 973)

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Configuring 802.1X Port Authentication
FIGURE 228 Configuring Interface Settings for 802.1X Port Authenticator
Configuring Port Supplicant Settings for 802.1X
Use the Security > Port Authentication (Configure Interface – Supplicant) page to configure 802.1X
port settings for supplicant requests issued from a port to an authenticator on another device.
When 802.1X is enabled and the control mode is set to Force-Authorized (see
“Configuring Port
Authenticator Settings for 802.1X” on page 914), you need to configure the parameters for the
client supplicant process if the client must be authenticated through another device in the network.
CLI References
• “802.1X Port Authentication” on page 172
Command Usage
• When devices attached to a port must submit requests to another authenticator on the
network, configure the Identity Profile parameters on the Configure Global page (see
“Configuring 802.1X Global Settings” on page 912) which identify this switch as a supplicant,
and configure the supplicant parameters for those ports which must authenticate clients
through the remote authenticator on this configuration page. When PAE supplicant mode is
enabled on a port, it will not respond to dot1x messages meant for an authenticator.
• This switch can be configured to serve as the authenticator on selected ports by setting the
Control Mode to Auto on the Authenticator configuration page, and as a supplicant on other
ports by the setting the control mode to Force-Authorized on that configuration page and
enabling the PAE supplicant on the Supplicant configuration page.