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Operating Control Mode The control mode under which the port is actually operating. Possible values are
as follows:
• ForceUnauthorized
• ForceAuthorized
• Auto
• MAC Based
• N/A: If the port is in detached state, it cannot participate in port access control.
Reauthentication Enabled This field shows whether reauthentication of the supplicant for the specified port is
allowed. The possible values are True and False. If the value is True,
reauthentication occurs. Otherwise, reauthentication is not allowed.
Control Direction The control direction for the specified port. The control direction dictates the
degree to which protocol exchanges take place between supplicant and
authenticator. This affects whether the unauthorized controlled port exerts control
over communication in both directions (disabling both incoming and outgoing
frames) or just in the incoming direction (disabling only the reception of incoming
frames). This field is not configurable on some platforms.
Protocol Version The protocol version associated with the selected port. The only possible value is
1, corresponding to the first version of the 802.1x specification. This field is not
configurable.
PAE Capabilities The port access entity (PAE) functionality of the selected port. Possible values are
Authenticator or Supplicant. This field is not configurable.
Authenticator PAE State The current state of the authenticator PAE state machine. Possible values are as
follows:
• Initialize
• Disconnected
• Connecting
• Authenticating
• Authenticated
• Aborting
• Held
• ForceAuthorized
• ForceUnauthorized
Backend State The current state of the backend authentication state machine. Possible values are
as follows:
• Request
• Response
• Success
• Fail
• Timeout
• Initialize
• Idle
Table 196. Port Summary (continued)
Field Description