Edge-Core ECS4610-24F Management Manual page 263

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◆ MAC address authentication controls access to the network by
authenticating the MAC address of each host that attempts to connect
to a switch port. Traffic received from a specific MAC address is
forwarded by the switch only if the source MAC address is successfully
authenticated by a central RADIUS server. While authentication for a
MAC address is in progress, all traffic is blocked until authentication is
completed. On successful authentication, the RADIUS server may
optionally assign VLAN and quality of service settings settings for the
switch port.
When enabled on a port, the authentication process sends a Password
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Authentication Protocol (PAP) request to a configured RADIUS server.
The user name and password are both equal to the MAC address being
authenticated. On the RADIUS server, PAP user name and passwords
must be configured in the MAC address format XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (all
in upper case).
Authenticated MAC addresses are stored as dynamic entries in the
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switch secure MAC address table and are removed when the aging time
expires. The maximum number of secure MAC addresses supported for
the switch system is 1024.
Configured static MAC addresses are added to the secure address table
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when seen on a switch port. Static addresses are treated as
authenticated without sending a request to a RADIUS server.
When port status changes to down, all MAC addresses mapped to that
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port are cleared from the secure MAC address table. Static VLAN
assignments are not restored.
The RADIUS server may optionally return a VLAN identifier list to be
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applied to the switch port. The following attributes need to be
configured on the RADIUS server.
Tunnel-Type = VLAN
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Tunnel-Medium-Type = 802
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Tunnel-Private-Group-ID = 1u,2t
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The VLAN identifier list is carried in the RADIUS "Tunnel-Private-Group-
ID" attribute. The VLAN list can contain multiple VLAN identifiers in the
format "1u,2t,3u" where "u" indicates an untagged VLAN and "t" a
tagged VLAN.
The RADIUS server may optionally return dynamic QoS assignments to
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be applied to a switch port for an authenticated user. The "Filter-ID"
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