DES-3550 Layer 2
Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
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Port Access Control
The following section describes the 802.1X Status on the Switch. To view the Authenticator
state, click
Monitoring > Port Access Control > Authenticator State.
Authenticator State
Figure 8- 19. Authenticator Status window
This window displays the
Authenticator Status
for an individual port. To select a port, click
a port on the front panel display. A polling interval between
1
and
60
seconds can be set using
the drop-down menu at the top of the window and clicking
OK
.
The information on this window is described as follows:
Parameter
Description
Auth PAE State
The Authenticator PAE state value can be:
Initialize
,
Disconnected
,
Connecting
,
Authenticating
,
Authenticated
,
Aborting
,
Held
,
Force_Auth
,
Force_Unauth
, or
N/A
.
N/A
(Not Available) indicates
that the port’s authenticator capability is disabled.
Backend State
The Backend Authentication state can be
Request
,
Response
,
Success
,
Fail
,
Timeout
,
Idle
,
Initialize
, or
N/A
.
N/A
indicates that the
port’s authenticator capability is disabled.
PortStatus
Auth Controlled Port Status can be
Authorized
,
Unauthorized
, or
N/A
.
