Skip to main content
  • Place orders quickly and easily
  • View orders and track your shipping status
  • Enjoy members-only rewards and discounts
  • Create and access a list of your products
  • Manage your Dell EMC sites, products, and product-level contacts using Company Administration.

Dell Configuration Guide for the S4048–ON System 9.14.2.6

PDF

Enabling 802.1X

Enable 802.1X globally.

Figure 1. 802.1X Enabled
Illustration of 802.1X enabled.
  1. Enable 802.1X globally.
    CONFIGURATION mode
    dot1x authentication
  2. Enter INTERFACE mode on an interface or a range of interfaces.
    INTERFACE mode
    interface [range]
  3. Enable 802.1X on the supplicant interface only.
    INTERFACE mode
    dot1x authentication

Examples of Verifying that 802.1X is Enabled Globally and on an Interface

Verify that 802.1X is enabled globally and at the interface level using the show running-config | find dot1x command from EXEC Privilege mode.

In the following example, the bold lines show that 802.1X is enabled.

DellEMC#show running-config | find dot1x
dot1x authentication
!
[output omitted]
!
interface TenGigabitEthernet 2/1
 no ip address
 dot1x authentication
 no shutdown
!
DellEMC#

To view 802.1X configuration information for an interface, use the show dot1x interface command.

In the following example, the bold lines show that 802.1X is enabled on all ports unauthorized by default.

DellEMC#show dot1x interface TenGigabitEthernet 2/1/

802.1x information on Te 2/1/:
-----------------------------
Dot1x Status:           Enable
Port Control:           AUTO
Port Auth Status:       UNAUTHORIZED
Re-Authentication:      Disable
Untagged VLAN id:       None
Guest VLAN:             Disable
Guest VLAN id:          NONE
Auth-Fail VLAN:         Disable
Auth-Fail VLAN id:      NONE
Auth-Fail Max-Attempts: NONE
Mac-Auth-Bypass:        Disable
Mac-Auth-Bypass Only:   Disable
Tx Period:              30 seconds
Quiet Period:           60 seconds
ReAuth Max:             2
Supplicant Timeout:     30 seconds
Server Timeout:         30 seconds
Re-Auth Interval:       3600 seconds
Max-EAP-Req:            2
Host Mode:              SINGLE_HOST
Auth PAE State:         Initialize
Backend State:          Initialize

Rate this content

Accurate
Useful
Easy to understand
Was this article helpful?
0/3000 characters
  Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
  Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
  Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
  Please select whether the article was helpful or not.
  Comments cannot contain these special characters: <>()\