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Field
Principal actor
MKA session status
Confidentiality offset
Current SAK status
Current SAK AN
Current SAK KI
KN
Previous SAK status
Previous SAK AN
Description
Whether the MKA instance is the principal actor.
MKA instance refers to the operation entity of the MKA protocol on a port. A
port might have multiple MKA instances. The principal actor is the MKA
instance in active state.
MKA session status:
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Unknown.
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Pending.
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Unauthenticated—The port has not been authenticated.
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Authenticated—The port has passed the 802.1X authentication.
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Secured—The session will be secured.
If the MKA instance is not the principal actor, this field displays N/A.
Confidentiality offset issued by the key server.
This field displays N/A in the following situations:
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The packet is transmitted in plain text.
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The MKA instance is not the principal actor.
Status of the current SAK:
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Tx—The SAK is used to send packets.
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Rx—The SAK is used to receive packets.
This field displays N/A in the following situations:
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The MKA instance is not the principal actor.
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The SAK does not exist.
SA number of the current SAK in use.
This field displays N/A in the following situations:
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The MKA instance is not the principal actor.
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The SAK does not exist.
Key identifier of the current SAK in use, a string of hexadecimal digits that
contains the key server's 12-byte MI and KN.
This field displays N/A in the following situations:
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The MKA instance is not the principal actor.
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The SAK does not exist.
SAK number.
This field displays N/A in the following situations:
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The MKA instance is not the principal actor.
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The SAK does not exist.
Status of the previous SAK:
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Tx—The SAK is used to send packets.
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Rx—The SAK is used to receive packets.
This field displays N/A in the following situations:
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The MKA instance is not the principal actor.
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The SAK does not exist.
SA number of the previous SAK.
This field displays N/A in the following situations:
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The MKA instance is not the principal actor.
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The SAK does not exist.
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