Cisco SF500-24 Administration Manual page 421

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To define 802. 1 X advanced settings for ports:
Click Security > 802.1X > Host and Session Authentication.
802. 1 X authentication parameters are described for all ports. All fields except the
following are described in the Edit Host and Session Authentication page.
• Status—Displays the host status. An asterisk indicates that the port is either
not linked or is down. The options are:
- Unauthorized—Either the port control is Force Unauthorized and the
port link is down, or the port control is Auto but a client has not been
authenticated via the port.
- Force-Authorized—Clients have full port access.
- Single-host Lock—Port control is Auto and only a single client has been
authenticated by using the port.
- No Single Host—Port control is Auto and Multiple Hosts mode is enabled.
At least one client has been authenticated.
- Not in Auto Mode—Auto port control is not enabled.
• Number of Violations—Displays the number of packets that arrive on the
interface in single-host mode, from a host whose MAC address is not the
supplicant MAC address.
Select a port, and click Edit.
Enter the parameters.
• Interface—Enter a port number for which host authentication is enabled.
• Host Authentication—Select one of the modes. These modes are
described above in Defining Host and Session Authentication.
The following fields are only relevant if you select Single in the Host
Authentication field.
Single Host Violation Settings:
• Action on Violation—Select the action to be applied to packets arriving in
Single Session/Single Host mode, from a host whose MAC address is not
the supplicant MAC address. The options are:
- Protect (Discard)—Discards the packets.
- Restrict (Forward)—Forwards the packets.
Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide Release 1.3
Security
Configuring 802. 1 X