3Com Switch 7750 Configuration Guide

Centralized MAC Address Authentication Configuration 235
Centralized MAC address authentication for a port can be configured but does
not take effect before global centralized MAC address authentication is enabled.
After global centralized MAC address authentication is enabled, ports enabled
with the centralized MAC address authentication will perform the authentication
immediately.
Configuring Centralized
MAC Address
Authentication Mode
Configuring the ISP
Domain for MAC
Address Authentication
Users
Table 166 lists the operations to configure the ISP domain for centralized MAC
address authentication users.
Table 163 Enable centralized MAC address authentication for a port in system view
Operation Command Description
Enter system view system-view -
Enable centralized MAC
address authentication for
specified ports
mac-authentication
interface interface-list
Required
By default, centralized MAC
address authentication is
disabled on a port.
Table 164 Enable centralized MAC address authentication for a port in Ethernet port view
Operation Command Description
Enter system view system-view -
Enter Ethernet port view interface interface-type
interface-number
-
Enable centralized MAC
address authentication for the
current port
mac-authentication Required
By default, centralized MAC
address authentication is
disabled on a port.
Table 165 Configure centralized MAC address authentication mode
Operation Command Description
Enter system view system-view -
Configure centralized MAC
address authentication mode
as MAC address mode
mac-authentication
authmode
usernameasmacaddress
[ usernameformat { with-hy
phen | without-hyphen }]
Optional
By default, the MAC address
mode is adopted.
Configure centralized MAC
address authentication mode
as fixed mode
mac-authentication
authmode usernamefixed
Set a user name for fixed
mode
mac-authentication
authusername username
Optional
By default, the user name is
mac and no password is
configured.
Set the password for fixed
mode
mac-authentication
authpassword password
Table 166 Configure the ISP domain for centralized MAC address authentication users
Operation Command Description
Enter system view system-view -