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History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell
EMC Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.10(0.1) Introduced on the S6010-ON and S4048T-ON.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S3148.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S6100-ON.
9.8(2.0) Introduced on the S3100 series.
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100–ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
9.0.0.0 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.12.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series, E-Series, and S-Series.
Usage
Information
1X authentication is enabled when an interface is connected to the switch. If the host fails to respond
within a designated amount of time, the authenticator places the port in the guest VLAN.
If a device does not respond within 30 seconds, it is assumed that the device is not 802.1X capable.
Therefore, a guest VLAN is allocated to the interface and authentication, for the device, occurs at the
next reauthentication interval (dot1x reauthentication).
If the host fails authentication for the designated number of times, the authenticator places the port in
authentication failed VLAN (dot1x auth-fail-vlan).
NOTE: You can create the Layer 3 portion of a guest VLAN and authentication fail VLANs regardless
if the VLAN is assigned to an interface or not. After an interface is assigned a guest VLAN (which
has an IP address), routing through the guest VLAN is the same as any other traffic. However, the
interface may join/leave a VLAN dynamically.
Related
Commands
● dot1x auth-fail-vlan — Configure an authentication failure VLAN.
● dot1x reauthentication — Enable periodic re-authentication of the client.
● dot1x reauth-max —
Configure the maximum number of times to re-authenticate a port before it becomes unauthorized
dot1x host-mode
Enable single-host or multi-host authentication.
Syntax
dot1x host-mode {single-host | multi-host | multi-auth}
Parameters
single-host Enable single-host authentication.
multi-host Enable multi-host authentication.
multi-auth Enable multi-supplicant authentication.
Defaults single-host
164 802.1X