Enterasys SmartSwitch 6000 User Manual page 83

Table 3-11 EAP Port Configuration Screen Field Descriptions (Continued)
Use this field...
Authentication State
(Cont'd)
Backend State
(Read-Only)
To...
• aborting: The port enters this state from authenticating when any
event occurs that interrupts the login exchange.
• held: After any login failure, this state is entered where the port
remains for the number of seconds equal to quietPeriod (can be set
using mib).
• forceAuth: Management has set this in "Port Control". This allows
normal, unsecured switching on this port.
• forceUnauth: Management has set this in "Port Control".
Absolutely no frames are forwarded to or from this port.
See the current backend state of each port.
The backend state machine controls the protocol interaction between
the authenticator (the switch) and the authentication server (typically a
radius server).
These following seven states are the possible internal states for the
authenticator. Some states are simply pass-through states causing a
small action and immediately moving to a new state. Therefore, you
may not observe all of the states in this interface.
For more detail, please see the IEEE Standard 802.1X-20001, Port
Based Network Access Control.
• request: The port has received a request from the server and is
waiting for a response from the supplicant.
• response: The port has received a response from the server and is
waiting for either another request or an accept or reject from the
server.
• success: The port has received a success from the server. Send a
success to the supplicant and move to idle.
• fail: The port has received a reject from the server. Send a fail to the
supplicant and move to idle.
• timeout: The port has timed-out during the authentication exchange.
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