Optional: Reset Authenticator Operation; Optional: Configure 802.1X Controlled Directions - HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Manual

Configuring Port-Based and User-Based Access Control (802.1X)

6. Optional: Reset Authenticator Operation

While 802.1X authentication is operating, you can use the following aaa port-
access authenticator commands to reset 802.1X authentication and statistics
on specified ports.
Syntax: aaa port-access authenticator < port-list >
[initialize]
On the specified ports, blocks inbound and outbound
traffic and restarts the 802.1X authentication process.
This happens only on ports configured with control auto
and actively operating as 802.1X authenticators.
[reauthenticate]
On the specified ports, forces reauthentication (unless
the authenticator is in "HELD" state).
[clear-statistics]
On the specified ports, clears authenticator statistics
counters.

7. Optional: Configure 802.1X Controlled Directions

After you enable 802.1X authentication on specified ports, you can use the aaa
port-access controlled-directions command to configure how a port transmits
traffic before it successfully authenticates a client and enters the authenti­
cated state.
As documented in the IEEE 802.1X standard, an 802.1X-aware port that is
unauthenticated can control traffic in either of the following ways:
In both ingress and egress directions by disabling both the reception of
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incoming frames and transmission of outgoing frames
Only in the ingress direction by disabling only the reception of incoming
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frames.
Prerequisite. As documented in the IEEE 802.1X standard, the disabling of
incoming traffic and transmission of outgoing traffic on an 802.1X-aware
egress port in an unauthenticated state (using the aaa port-access controlled-
directions in command) is supported only if:
The port is configured as an edge port in the network using the spanning-
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tree edge-port command.
Configuring Switch Ports as 802.1X Authenticators
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