Enterasys SmartSwitch 6000 User Manual page 85

Table 3-11 EAP Port Configuration Screen Field Descriptions (Continued)
Use this field...
Port Control
(Cont'd)
Initialized Port
(Single Setting)
Force Reauth
(Single Setting)
Maximum
Requirements
(Modifiable)
To...
• Forced Authenticated Mode: The Forced Authenticated Mode is
meant to disable authentication on a port. It is intended for ports that
support ISLs and devices that cannot authenticate, such as printers
and file servers. If a default policy is applied to the port via the Policy
Profile MIB, then frames are forwarded according to the
configuration set by that policy, otherwise frames are forwarded
according to the current configuration for that port. Authentication
using 802.1X is not possible on a port in this mode.
• Forced Unauthenticated Mode: When a port is set to the Forced
Unauthenticated Mode, all frames received on the port are discarded
by a filter. Authentication using 802.1X is not possible on a port in
this mode.
Set to TRUE to initialize all state machines for this port. After
initialization, authentication can proceed normally on this port
according to its control settings. This has the effect of kicking off any
currently authorized user on the port and resetting the session
information for a new login.
You can only set this field to TRUE to initialize the port. Afterwards
the field immediately reverts to FALSE.
Set to TRUE to cause an immediate forced reauthentication for a user
who is currently logged on to the port. If the reauthentication fails, then
the user is forced off the port. If there is no user on the port, a setting of
TRUE of this variable has no effect. Setting this variable to FALSE has
no effect.
Set the maximum number of times EAP request frames will be
transmitted to the supplicant before timeout. Default is 2; range is
1 to 10.
EAP (Port) Configuration Screen
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