HP FlexFabric 5700 Series Security Configuration Manual page 187

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userLogin specifies 802.1X authentication and port-based access control. userLogin with Secure
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specifies 802.1X authentication and MAC-based access control. Ext indicates allowing multiple 802.1X
users to be authenticated and serviced at the same time. A security mode without Ext allows only one
user to pass 802.1X authentication.
macAddress specifies MAC authentication.
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• Else specifies that the authentication method before Else is applied first. If the authentication fails,
whether to turn to the authentication method following Else depends on the protocol type of the
authentication request.
In a security mode with Or, the authentication method to be used depends on the protocol type of the
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authentication request.
Controlling MAC address learning
autoLearn.
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A port in this mode can learn MAC addresses. The automatically learned MAC addresses are not
added to the MAC address table as dynamic MAC address. Instead, these MAC addresses are
added to the secure MAC address table as secure MAC addresses. You can also configure secure
MAC addresses by using the port-security mac-address security command.
A port in autoLearn mode allows frames sourced from the following MAC addresses to pass:
Secure MAC addresses.
MAC addresses configured by using the mac-address dynamic and mac-address static
commands.
When the number of secure MAC addresses reaches the upper limit, the port transitions to secure
mode.
• secure.
MAC address learning is disabled on a port in secure mode. You configure MAC addresses by
using the mac-address static and mac-address dynamic commands. For more information about
configuring MAC address table entries, see Layer 2—LAN Switching Configuration Guide.
A port in secure mode allows only frames sourced from the following MAC addresses to pass:
Secure MAC addresses.
MAC addresses configured by using the mac-address dynamic and mac-address static
commands.
Performing 802.1X authentication
userLogin.
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A port in this mode performs 802.1X authentication and implements port-based access control.
The port can service multiple 802.1X users. Once an 802.1X user passes authentication on the
port, any subsequent 802.1X users can access the network through the port without
authentication.
• userLoginSecure.
A port in this mode performs 802.1X authentication and implements MAC-based access control.
The port services only one user passing 802.1X authentication.
• userLoginSecureExt.
This mode is similar to the userLoginSecure mode except that this mode supports multiple online
802.1X users.
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