Reference Guide

Enabling 802.1X
Enable 802.1X globally.
Figure 6. 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
Verify that 802.1X is enabled globally and at the interface level using the show running-config | find dot1x command
from EXEC Privilege mode.
The bold lines show that 802.1X is enabled.
Dell#show running-config | find dot1x
dot1x authentication
!
[output omitted]
!
interface TenGigabitEthernet 2/1
802.1X
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