H3C S7500E Series Ethernet Switches Operation Manual

Operation Manual – 802.1x - MAC Authentication
H3C S7500E Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 3 MAC Authentication Configuration
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Caution:
For local authentication:
z The type of username and password of a local user must be consistent with that
used for MAC authentication.
z All the letters in the MAC address to be used as the username and password of a
local user must be in lower case.
z The service type of the local user must be configured as lan-access.
3.3.2 Configuration Procedure
Follow these steps to configure MAC authentication:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enable MAC
authentication globally
mac-authentication
Required
Disabled by default
mac-authentication
interface interface-list
Enable MAC
authentication for
specified ports
interface interface-type
interface-number
mac-authentication
quit
Required
Disabled by default
Specify the ISP domain
for MAC authentication
mac-authentication
domain isp-name
Optional
The default ISP domain
(system) is used by
default.
Set the offline detect timer
mac-authentication
timer offline-detect
offline-detect-value
Optional
300 seconds by default
Set the quiet timer
mac-authentication
timer quiet quiet-value
Optional
60 seconds by default
Set the server timeout
timer
mac-authentication
timer server-timeout
server-timeout-value
Optional
100 seconds by default