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Using multi-device port authentication and 802.1X security on the same port
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If neither of these VSAs exist in a device profile on the RADIUS server, then by default the device is
subject to multi-device port authentication (if configured), then 802.1X authentication (if
configured). The RADIUS record can be used for both multi-device port authentication and 802.1X
authentication.
Example configurations
The following examples show configurations that use multi-device port authentication and 802.1X
authentication on the same port.
Example 1
Figure 126 illustrates an example configuration that uses multi-device port authentication and
802.1X authentication on the same port. In this configuration, a PC and an IP phone are
connected to port e 3 on a Dell device. Port e 3 is configured as a dual-mode port.
The profile for the PC MAC address on the RADIUS server specifies that the PC should be
dynamically assigned to VLAN "Login-VLAN", and the RADIUS profile for the IP phone specifies that
it should be dynamically assigned to the VLAN named "IP-Phone-VLAN". When User 1 is
successfully authenticated using 802.1X authentication, the PC is then placed in the VLAN named
"User-VLAN".
TABLE 153 Dell vendor-specific attributes for RADIUS
Attribute Name Attribute ID Data Type Description
Foundry-802_1x-enable 6 integer Specifies whether 802.1X authentication is
performed when multi-device port
authentication is successful for a device. This
attribute can be set to one of the following:
0 Do not perform 802.1X authentication
on a device that passes multi-device port
authentication. Set the attribute to zero for
devices that do not support 802.1X
authentication.
1 Perform 802.1X authentication when a
device passes multi-device port
authentication. Set the attribute to one for
devices that support 802.1X authentication.
Foundry-802_1x-valid 7 integer Specifies whether the RADIUS record is valid
only for multi-device port authentication, or
for both multi-device port authentication and
802.1X authentication.
This attribute can be set to one of the
following:
0 The RADIUS record is valid only for
multi-device port authentication. Set this
attribute to zero to prevent a user from using
their MAC address as username and
password for 802.1X authentication
1 The RADIUS record is valid for both
multi-device port authentication and 802.1X
authentication.