Configuring Authenticated Vlans; In This Chapter - Alcatel OmniSwitch 6624 Network Configuration Manual

Authenticated VLANs control user access to network resources based on VLAN assignment and a user
log-in process; the process is sometimes called user authentication or Layer 2 Authentication. (Another
type of security is device authentication, which is set up through the use of port-binding VLAN policies or
static port assignment. See
VLANs (AVLANs) and Layer 2 Authentication are synonymous.
Layer 2 Authentication is different from another feature in the switch called Authenticated Switch Access,
which is used to grant individual users access to manage the switch. For more information about Authenti-
cated Switch Access, see the "Switch Security" chapter in the OmniSwitch 6624/6648 Switch Manage-
ment Guide.

In This Chapter

This chapter describes authenticated VLANs and how to configure them through the Command Line Inter-
face (CLI). CLI commands are used in the configuration examples; for more details about the syntax of
commands, see the OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide.
The authentication components described in this chapter include:
Authentication clients—see
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Authenticated VLANs—see
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Authentication ports—see
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DHCP server—see
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Authentication server authority mode—see
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page 18-32.
Accounting servers—see
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OmniSwitch 6624/6648 Network Configuration Guide
18 Configuring
Authenticated VLANs
Chapter 7, "Defining VLAN
"Setting Up Authentication Clients" on page
"Configuring Authenticated VLANs" on page
"Configuring Authenticated Ports" on page
"Setting Up the DHCP Server" on page
"Specifying Accounting Servers" on page
Rules.") In this chapter, the terms authenticated
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"Configuring the Server Authority Mode" on
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