ProLiant BL p-Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch ISCLI Reference Guide

Configuration Commands 98
Layer 2 configuration
The following table describes the Layer 2 Configuration commands. The following sections provide more detailed
information and commands.
Table 101 L2 Configuration commands
Command Description
vlan {<1-4095>} Enter VLAN configuration mode.
Command mode: Global configuration
[no] spanning-tree
uplinkfast
Enables or disables Fast Uplink Convergence, which provides rapid Spanning
Tree convergence to an upstream switch during failover.
Note: When enabled, this feature increases bridge priorities to 65500 for all
STGs and path cost by 3000 for all external STP ports.
Command mode: Global configuration
spanning-tree uplinkfast
max-update-rate <10-200>
Configures the station update rate, in packets per second.
The range is 10-200. The default value is 40.
Command mode: Global configuration
show layer2 Displays current Layer 2 parameters.
Command mode: All
802.1x configuration
This feature allows you to configure the GbE2 Interconnect Switch as an IEEE 802.1x Authenticator, to provide port-
based network access control. The following table describes the 802.1x Configuration commands.
Table 102 802.1x Configuration commands
Command Description
dot1x enable Globally enables 802.1x.
Command mode: Global configuration
no dot1x enable Globally disables 802.1x.
Command mode: Global configuration
show dot1x Displays current 802.1x parameters.
Command mode: All
802.1x Global configuration
The global 802.1x menu allows you to configure parameters that affect all ports in the switch. The following table
describes the 802.1x Global Configuration commands.
Table 103 802.1x Global Configuration commands
Command Description
dot1x mode {[force-unauthorized|
auto|force-authorized]}
Sets the type of access control for all ports:
• force-unauth - the port is unauthorized unconditionally.
• auto - the port is unauthorized until it is successfully authorized by
the RADIUS server.
• force-auth - the port is authorized unconditionally, allowing all
traffic.
The default value is
force-auth.
Command mode: Global configuration
dot1x quiet-time {<0-65535>} Sets the time, in seconds, the authenticator waits before transmitting an
EAP-Request/ Identity frame to the supplicant (client) after an
authentication failure in the previous round of authentication. The default
value is 60 seconds.
Command mode: Global configuration