How to Configure EtherSwitch HWICs
Table 1
Feature
Authentication, authorization, and
accounting (AAA)
RADIUS server
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IP address
UDP authentication port
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Key
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Per-interface 802.1x enable state
Periodic reauthentication
Number of seconds between
reauthentication attempts
Quiet period
Retransmission time
Maximum retransmission number
Multiple host support
Client timeout period
Authentication server timeout period
802.1x Configuration Guidelines
These are the 802.1x authentication configuration guidelines:
When the 802.1x protocol is enabled, ports are authenticated before any other Layer 2 feature is
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enabled.
The 802.1x protocol is supported on Layer 2 static-access ports, but it is not supported on these port
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types:
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Default 802.1x Configuration
Trunk port—If you try to enable 802.1x on a trunk port, an error message appears, and 802.1x
is not enabled. If you try to change the mode of an 802.1x-enabled port to trunk, the port mode
is not changed.
Cisco HWIC-4ESW and HWIC-D-9ESW EtherSwitch Interface Cards
Default Setting
Disabled.
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None specified.
1645.
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None specified.
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Disabled (force-authorized).
The port transmits and receives normal traffic without
802.1x-based authentication of the client.
Disabled.
3600 seconds.
60 seconds (number of seconds that the switch remains in
the quiet state following a failed authentication exchange
with the client).
30 seconds (number of seconds that the switch should
wait for a response to an EAP request/identity frame
from the client before retransmitting the request).
2 times (number of times that the switch will send an
EAP-request/identity frame before restarting the
authentication process).
Disabled.
30 seconds (when relaying a request from the
authentication server to the client, the amount of time the
switch waits for a response before retransmitting the
request to the client). This setting is not configurable.
30 seconds (when relaying a response from the client to
the authentication server, the amount of time the switch
waits for a reply before retransmitting the response to the
server). This setting is not configurable.