Cisco 220 Series Smart Plus Administration Manual page 205

Configuring Security
Configuring 802. 1 X
Cisco 220 Series Smart Plus Switches Administration Guide Release 1.0.0.x
• User Name—Displays the user name.
• Administrative Port Control—Select the administrative port authorization
state. The options are:
- Disabled—Does not authenticate users.
- Force Unauthorized—Denies the port access by moving the port into the
unauthorized state. The switch does not provide authentication services
to the client through the port.
- Auto—Enables port-based authentication and authorization on the
switch. The port moves between an authorized or unauthorized state
based on the authentication exchange between the switch and the client.
- Force Authorized—Authorizes the port without authentication.
• Guest VLAN—Check Enable to enable Guest VLAN on this port, or uncheck
to disable Guest VLAN on the port. If Guest VLAN is enabled, the
unauthorized port automatically joins the guest VLAN.
After an authentication failure and if Guest VLAN is activated globally on a
given port, the guest VLAN is automatically assigned to the unauthorized
ports as an Untagged VLAN.
• Periodic Reauthentication—Check Enable to enable port re-authentication
attempts after the specified Reauthentication Period.
• Reauthentication Period—Enter the number of seconds after which the
selected port is reauthenticated.
• Authenticator State—Displays the defined port authorization state. The
options are:
- Initialize —In process of coming up.
Force-Authorized
-
(forward traffic).
Force-Unauthorized
-
(discard traffic).
If the port is not in Force-Authorized or Force-Unauthorized, it is in
NOTE
Auto Mode and the authenticator displays the state of the authentication in
progress. After the port is authenticated, the state is shown as
Authenticated.
• Quiet Period—Enter the number of seconds that the switch remains in the
quiet state following a failed authentication exchange.
—Controlled port state is set to Force-Authorized
—Controlled port state is set to Force-Unauthorized
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