Users Guide
● 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
Command Modes INTERFACE
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
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.
8.4.1.0 Added the multi-auth option on the C-Series and S-Series.
8.3.2.0 Added the single-host and multi-host options on the C-Series, E-Series,
and S-Series.
Usage
Information
● Single-host mode authenticates only one host per authenticator port and drops all other traffic on the
port.
● Multi-host mode authenticates the first host to respond to an Identity Request and then permits all
other traffic on the port.
● Multi-supplicant mode authenticates every device attempting to connect to the network on the
authenticator port.
Related
Commands
● show dot1x interface — display the 802.1X configuration of an interface.
mac
Configure a list of supplicant MAC addresses for dot1x profile represented with a profile-name.
Syntax
[no] mac {mac-address1 mac-address2… mac-address6}
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