Technical Documentation

Enabling Dot1x Ports on the Enforcement Points Using the UAC Manager

Before you begin enabling dot1x ports on the enforcement points, ensure the following:

  • The administrator must have proper privileges for associating enforcement points with an Infranet Controller in the current domain.
  • The connection status of the devices to be associated should be “up” in NSM.

To enable dot1x ports on the enforcement points:

  1. In the NSM navigation tree, select UAC Manager > Enforcement Point. The Enforcement Point workspace appears. The Infranet Controller associated with an enforcement point and the dot1x ports enabled for the enforcement point are displayed in the workspace.
  2. Select the Ex-series switch in which you need to enable dot1x ports.
  3. Click the Enable Dot1x on Port(s) button. The Select ports to enable Dot1x dialog box appears with the list of ports on which dot1x can be enabled.
  4. Select one or more ports from the list, and select one of the following supplicant modes:
    • Single Secure—A single dedicated host is authenticated.
    • Multiple—Multiple hosts are individually authenticated.
    • Single—Only the first host is authenticated. All the remaining hosts use the same authentication made by the first host.
  5. Select Enable reauthentication to allow reauthentication in case of authentication failures.
  6. Specify the action to be taken in case of authentication failure:
    • Deny access—Denies access to the client.
    • Move to VLan—Moves the client to VLANs available in the switch.
  7. Select Run “Update Device” task to apply the device configuration.
  8. Select Run “Summarize Delta Config” task to view the difference in the configuration.
  9. Click OK to enable the dot1x ports on the enforcement points. The delta configuration that was pushed to the device is displayed.