User Guide

Extended Configuration Menu
Web-Based Management Interface
Intelligent Blade Panel Module
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6.2.4.3.3 Viewing each Port Access Control Configuration Information Page
Selection Criteria
Port - Selects the port to be displayed. When the selection is changed, a screen refresh
will occur causing all fields to be updated for the newly selected port. All physical
interfaces are valid.
Non-Configurable Data
Control Mode - Displays the configured control mode for the specified port. Options are:
force unauthorized: The authenticator port access entity (PAE) unconditionally sets
the controlled port to unauthorized
force authorized: The authenticator PAE unconditionally sets the controlled port to
authorized.
auto: The authenticator PAE sets the controlled port mode to reflect the outcome of
the authentication exchanges between the supplicant, authenticator, and the
authentication server.
Quiet Period - This field displays the configured quiet period for the selected port. This
quiet period is the value, in seconds, of the timer used by the authenticator state machine
on this port to define periods of time in which it will not attempt to acquire a supplicant. The
quiet period is the period for which the authenticator does not attempt to acquire a
supplicant after a failed authentication exchange with the supplicant. The quiet period is a
number in the range of 0 and 65535.
Transmit Period - This field displays the configured transmit period for the selected port.
The transmit period is the value, in seconds, of the timer used by the authenticator state
machine on the specified port to determine when to send an EAPOL EAP Request/Identity
frame to the supplicant. The transmit period is a number in the range of 1 to 65535.
Supplicant Timeout - This field displays the configured supplicant timeout for the
selected port. The supplicant timeout is the value, in seconds, of the timer used by the
authenticator state machine on this port to timeout the supplicant. The supplicant timeout
is a value in the range of 1 to 65535.