Specifying A Mandatory Authentication Domain On A Port - HP 5120 EI Switch Series Configuration Manual

response within a period of time. This process continues until the maximum number of request
attempts set with the dot1x retry command (see
request
The identity request timeout timer sets both the identity request interval for the multicast trigger and the
identity request timeout interval for the unicast trigger.
Configuration guidelines
Follow these guidelines when you configure the authentication trigger function:
Enable the multicast trigger on a port when the clients attached to the port cannot send EAPOL-Start

packets to initiate 802.1X authentication.
 Enable the unicast trigger on a port if only a few 802.1X clients are attached to the port and these
clients cannot initiate authentication.
To avoid duplicate authentication packets, do not enable both triggers on a port.

Configuration procedure
Follow these steps to configure the authentication trigger function on a port:
To do...
Enter system view
Set the username request timeout
timer
Enter Layer 2 Ethernet interface
view
Enable an authentication trigger
function

Specifying a mandatory authentication domain on a port

You can place all 802.1X users in a mandatory authentication domain for authentication, authorization,
and accounting on a port. No user can use an account in any other domain to access the network
through the port. The implementation of a mandatory authentication domain enhances the flexibility of
802.1X access control deployment.
Follow these steps to specify a mandatory authentication domain for a port:
To do...
Enter system view
Enter Layer 2 Ethernet interface
view
Specify a mandatory 802.1X
authentication domain on the port
attempts‖) is reached.
Use the command...
system-view
dot1x timer tx-period tx-period-
value
interface interface-type interface-
number
dot1x { multicast-trigger |
unicast-trigger }
Use the command...
system-view
interface interface-type interface-
number
dot1x mandatory-domain
domain-name
―Setting the maximum number of authentication
Remarks
—
Optional
The default is 30 seconds.
—
Required if you want to enable
the unicast trigger.
By default, the multicast trigger is
enabled, and the unicast trigger is
disabled.
Remarks
—
—
Required
Not specified by default
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