NETGEAR GSM7252PS - ProSafe 52 Ports Gigabit Ethernet L2 Managed Stackable Switch User Manual page 477

ProSafe® Gigabit L3 Managed Stackable Switches Software Administration Manual
Table 6-94.
Field
Operating Control Mode
Reauthentication Enabled
Control Direction
Protocol Version
PAE Capabilities
Authenticator PAE State
Description
This field indicates the control mode under which the
port is actually operating. Possible values are:
•
ForceUnauthorized
•
ForceAuthorized
•
Auto
•
N/A: If the port is in detached state it cannot
participate in port access control.
This field shows whether reauthentication of the
supplicant for the specified port is allowed. The
possible values are 'true' and 'false'. If the value is
'true' reauthentication will occur. Otherwise,
reauthentication will not be allowed.
This displays the control direction for the specified
port. The control direction dictates the degree to
which protocol exchanges take place between
Supplicant and Authenticator. This affects whether
the unauthorized controlled port exerts control over
communication in both directions (disabling both
incoming and outgoing frames) or just in the
incoming direction (disabling only the reception of
incoming frames). This field is not configurable on
some platforms.
This field displays the protocol version associated
with the selected port. The only possible value is 1,
corresponding to the first version of the 802.1x
specification. This field is not configurable.
This field displays the port access entity (PAE)
functionality of the selected port. Possible values are
"Authenticator" or "Supplicant". This field is not
configurable.
This field displays the current state of the
authenticator PAE state machine. Possible values
are:
•
"Initialize"
•
"Disconnected"
•
"Connecting"
•
"Authenticating"
•
"Authenticated"
•
"Aborting"
•
"Held"
• "ForceAuthorized"
• "ForceUnauthorized".
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