Configuring 802.1X; Related Configuration Tasks; Important Points To Remember - Dell S4048–ON Configuration Manual

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RADIUS Attributes for 802.1X Support

Dell Networking systems include the following RADIUS attributes in all 802.1X-triggered Access-Request messages:

Attribute 31

Calling-station-id: relays the supplicant MAC address to the authentication server.

Attribute 41

NAS-Port-Type: NAS-port physical port type. 15 indicates Ethernet.

Attribute 61

NAS-Port: the physical port number by which the authenticator is connected to the supplicant.

Attribute 81

Tunnel-Private-Group-ID: associate a tunneled session with a particular group of users.

Configuring 802.1X

Configuring 802.1X on a port is a one-step process.

For more information, refer to

Configuring Request Identity Re-Transmissions

Forcibly Authorizing or Unauthorizing a Port

Re-Authenticating a Port

Configuring Timeouts

Configuring a Guest VLAN

Configuring an Authentication-Fail VLAN

Dell Networking OS supports 802.1X with EAP-MD5, EAP-OTP, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, PEAPv0, PEAPv1, and MS-CHAPv2 with

All platforms support only RADIUS as the authentication server.

If the primary RADIUS server becomes unresponsive, the authenticator begins using a secondary RADIUS server, if configured.

802.1X is not supported on port-channels or port-channel members.