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Chapter 2 Catalyst 2960 Switch Cisco IOS Commands
The show dot1x all privileged EXEC command output is the same for all switches except for the port
names and the state of the port. If a host is attached to the port but is not yet authenticated, a display
similar to this appears:
Supplicant MAC 0002.b39a.9275
AuthSM State = CONNECTING
BendSM State = IDLE
PortStatus = UNAUTHORIZED
If you enter the dot1x control-direction in interface configuration command to enable unidirectional
control, this appears in the show dot1x all command output:
ControlDirection = In
If you enter the dot1x control-direction in interface configuration command and the port cannot support
this mode due to a configuration conflict, this appears in the show dot1x all command output:
ControlDirection = In (Disabled due to port settings)
Related Commands Command
show dot1x
interface-id]
OL-8604-04
Description
[all | interface Displays control-direction port setting status for the specified
interface.
dot1x control-direction
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