HPE FlexNetwork 7500 Series Security Configuration Manual page 140

# Configure MAC authentication to use MAC-based accounts. Each MAC address is in the
hexadecimal notation with hyphens, and letters are in lower case.
[Device] mac-authentication user-name-format mac-address with-hyphen lowercase
# Enable MAC authentication globally.
[Device] mac-authentication
Verifying the configuration
# Display MAC authentication settings and statistics to verify your configuration.
[Device] display mac-authentication
Global MAC authentication parameters:
MAC authentication
User name format
Offline detect period
Quiet period
Server timeout
Authentication domain
Max MAC-auth users
Online MAC-auth users
Silent MAC users:
MAC address
00e0-fc11-1111
GigabitEthernet1/0/1 is link-up
MAC authentication
Carry User-IP
Authentication domain
Auth-delay timer
Re-auth server-unreachable : Logoff
Guest VLAN
Guest VLAN auth-period
Critical VLAN
Critical voice VLAN
Host mode
Offline detection
Authentication order
Max online users
Authentication attempts
Current online users
MAC address
00e0-fc12-3456
The output shows that Host A has passed MAC authentication and has come online. Host B failed
MAC authentication and its MAC address is marked as a silent MAC address.
: Enabled
: MAC address in lowercase(xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx)
Username : mac
Password : Not configured
: 180 s
: 180 s
: 100 s
: bbb
: 4294967295 per slot
: 1
VLAN ID
8
Auth state
Authenticated
From port
GigabitEthernet1/0/1
: Enabled
: Disabled
: Not configured
: Disabled
: Not configured
: 30 s
: Not configured
: Disabled
: Single VLAN
: Enabled
: Default
: 4294967295
: successful 1, failed 0
: 1
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Port index
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