Users Guide

Enabling 802.1X

Enable 802.1X globally.

Figure 7. 802.1X Enabled

1. Enable 802.1X globally.

CONFIGURATION mode

dot1x authentication

2. Enter INTERFACE mode on an interface or a range of interfaces.

INTERFACE mode

interface [range]

3. Enable 802.1X on the supplicant interface only.

INTERFACE mode

dot1x authentication

Verify that 802.1X is enabled globally and at the interface level using the show running-config | find dot1x command from

EXEC Privilege mode.

In the following example, the bold lines show that 802.1X is enabled.

Dell#show running-config | find dot1x

dot1x authentication

[output omitted]

interface TenGigabitEthernet 2/1

no ip address

802.1X