Administrator Guide

302 Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
Figure 10-12. 802.1X Example
The following example shows how to configure the example shown in
Figure 10-12.
1
Configure the RADIUS server IP address and shared secret ( secret ).
console#configure
console(config)#radius-server host 10.10.10.10
console(Config-radius)#exit
console(config)#radius-server key secret
console(config)#exit
2 Enable 802.1X port-based access control on the switch.
console(config)#dot1x system-auth-control
3 Configure ports 9 and 24 to be in the Authorized state, which allows the
devices to connect to these ports to access the switch services without
authentication.
console(config)#interface range Gi1/0/9,Gi1/0/24
console(config-if)#dot1x port-control force-authorized
console(config-if)#exit
Authentication Server
(RADIUS)
LAN
Dell Networking
N-Series switch
Server
(Port 9)
Clients
(Ports 1 and 3)
Printer
(Port 7)
LAN Uplink
(Port 24)
Physically Unsecured Devices
Physically Secured Devices
Clients
(Port 8)