Configuration Guidelines; Configuration Procedure; Specifying A Mandatory Authentication Domain On A Port - HP FlexFabric 5700 Series Security Configuration Manual

This feature provides the multicast trigger and unicast trigger (see 802.1X authentication initiation in
"802.1X overview").

Configuration guidelines

When you configure the authentication trigger feature, follow these guidelines:
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

To configure the authentication trigger feature on a port:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. (Optional.) Set the username
request timeout timer.
3. Enter Layer 2 Ethernet
interface view.
4. Enable an authentication
trigger.
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.
To specify a mandatory authentication domain for a port:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Enter Layer 2 Ethernet
interface view.
3. Specify a mandatory 802.1X
authentication domain on the
port.
Command
system-view
dot1x timer tx-period
tx-period-value
interface interface-type
interface-number
dot1x { multicast-trigger |
unicast-trigger }
Command
system-view
interface interface-type
interface-number
dot1x mandatory-domain
domain-name
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Remarks
N/A
The default is 30 seconds.
N/A
By default, the multicast trigger is
enabled, and the unicast trigger is
disabled.
Remarks
N/A
N/A
By default, no mandatory 802.1X
authentication domain is specified.