Creating Or Removing An Authenticator Pae On An Interface - Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Creating or Removing an Authenticator PAE on an Interface

Creating or Removing an Authenticator PAE on an Interface
You can create or remove the 802.1X authenticator port access entity (PAE) instance on an interface.
Note By default, the Cisco NX-OS software creates the authenticator PAE instance on the interface when you
enable 802.1X on an interface.
Before you begin
Enable the 802.1X feature.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. configure terminal
2. (Optional) show dot1x interface ethernet slot/port
3. interface ethernet slot/port
4. [no] dot1x pae authenticator
5. (Optional) copy running-config startup-config
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1 configure terminal
Example:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)#
Step 2
(Optional) show dot1x interface ethernet slot/port
Example:
switch# show do1x interface ethernet 2/1
Step 3
interface ethernet slot/port
Example:
switch(config)# interface ethernet 2/1
switch(config-if)#
Step 4 [no] dot1x pae authenticator
Example:
switch(config-if)# dot1x pae authenticator
Step 5
(Optional) copy running-config startup-config
Example:
switch(config)# copy running-config startup-config
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Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Displays the 802.1X configuration on the interface.
Selects the interface to configure and enters interface
configuration mode.
Creates an authenticator PAE instance on the interface. Use
the no form to remove the PAE instance from the interface.
Note If an authenticator PAE already exists on the
interface the dot1x pae authentication
command does not change the configuration on
the interface.
Copies the running configuration to the startup
configuration.
Configuring 802.1X