Administrator Guide

Security Commands 926
• upper-case—Format hexadecimal characters using the character set [0-9A-
F].
Default Configuration
There is no default configuration.
Command Mode
RADIUS Server Configuration
User Guidelines
Use this command to override the formats of MAC addresses sent in
authentication requests for ports configured for MAC based 802.1x
authentication for a specific interface.
This command is only valid for 802.1X authentication.
This command overrides the global configuration for attribute 31 (Calling-
Station-ID) and attribute 1 (User-Name) on a specific interface.
Command History
Introduced in version 6.3.0.1 firmware.
Example
This example configures the format of the MAC address sent in MAC based
authentication to IETF lower case on interface Gi1/0/1 configures the
interface to use MAB. MAB must be configured on the switch in an active
authentication list, IEEE 802.1X must be configured, and a RADIUS server
must also be configured.
console(config)#interface gi1/0/1
console(config-if-Gi1/0/1)# attribute 31 mac format ietf lower-case
console(config-if-Gi1/0/1)#dot1x port-control mac-based
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