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C HAPTER 5 | Monitoring the Switch
Displaying Information About Security Settings
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◆ Request ID – The number of EAPOL Request Identity frames that have
been transmitted by the switch.
◆ Requests – The number of valid EAPOL Request frames (other than
Request Identity frames) that have been transmitted by the switch.
Receive Backend Server Counters – For MAC-based ports there are two
tables containing backend server counters. The left-most shows a
summary of all backend server counters on this port. The right-most shows
backend server counters for the currently selected client, or dashes if no
client is selected or available. A client can be selected from the list of
authorized/unauthorized clients below the two counter tables.
◆ Access Challenges –
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802.1X-based: Counts the number of times that the switch receives
the first request from the backend server following the first
response from the supplicant. Indicates that the backend server has
communication with the switch.
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MAC-based: Counts all Access Challenges received from the
backend server for this port (left-most table) or client (right-most
table).
◆ Other Requests –
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802.1X-based: Counts the number of times that the switch sends
an EAP Request packet following the first to the supplicant.
Indicates that the backend server chose an EAP-method.
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MAC-based: Not applicable.
◆ Auth. Successes –
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802.1X- and MAC-based: Counts the number of times that the
switch receives a success indication. Indicates that the supplicant/
client has successfully authenticated to the backend server.
◆ Auth. Failures –
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802.1X- and MAC-based: Counts the number of times that the
switch receives a failure message. This indicates that the
supplicant/client has not authenticated to the backend server.
Transmit Backend Server Counters
◆ Responses –
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802.1X-based: Counts the number of times that the switch
attempts to send a supplicant's first response packet to the backend
server. Indicates the switch attempted communication with the
backend server. Possible retransmissions are not counted.
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MAC-based: Counts all the backend server packets sent from the
switch towards the backend server for a given port (left-most table)
or client (right-most table). Possible retransmissions are not
counted.