D-Link DGS-3324SR Product Manual - Page 159

xStack DGS/DXS-3300 Series Layer 3 Stackable Gigabit Ethernet Switch User Manual Parameter Unit Port MAC Address Auth PAE State BackendState PortStatus Description Choose the Switch ID number of the Switch in the switch stack to be modified. The port number of the reauthenticated port. Displays the physical address of the Switch where the port resides. The Authenticator State will display one of the following: Initialize, Disconnected, Connecting, Authenticating, Authenticated, Aborting, Held, ForceAuth, ForceUnauth, and N/A. The Backend State will display one of the following: Request, Response, Success, Fail, Timeout, Idle, Initialize, and N/A. The status of the controlled port can be Authorized, Unauthorized, or N/A. NOTE: The user must first globally enable 802.1X in the Advanced Settings window in the Configuration folder before reauthenticating ports. Information in the Reauthenticate Ports Table cannot be viewed before enabling 802.1X. Reauthenticate Port(s) for MAC-based 802.1x To reauthenticate ports for the MAC side of 802.1x, the user must first enable 802.1x by MAC address in the Advanced Settings window. Click Configuration > Port Access Entity > PAE System Control > Reauthenticate Port(s) to open the following window: Figure 6- 109. Reauthenticate Ports window - MAC based 802.1x To reauthenticate ports, first choose the switch in the switch stack by using the Unit pull-down menu, then the range of ports in the From and To field. Then the user must specify the MAC address to be reauthenticated by entering it into the MAC Address field and checking the corresponding check box. To begin the reauthentication, click Apply. 144