Dell PowerConnect 5548 User Guide - Page 145

• Not in Auto Mode - The port control is Forced Authorized, and clients have full port access. • Single-host Lock - The port control is Auto and a single client has been authenticated via the port. • No Single Host - Multiple Host is enabled. - Number of Violations - Displays the number of packets that arrive on the interface in single-host mode, from a host whose MAC address is not the supplicant MAC address. 2 Click Edit. 3 In the Port drop-down list, select the port to which you want to apply the authentication mode. 4 Enter the fields: - Host Authentication - Define the host authentication type. The options are: • Single - Only a single authorized host can access the port. (Port Security cannot be enabled on a port in single-host mode.) • Multiple Host - Multiple hosts can be attached to a single 802.1x-enabled port. Only the first host must be authorized, and then the port is wide-open for all who want to access the network. If the host authentication fails, or an EAPOL-logoff message is received, all attached clients are denied access to the network. • Multiple Session - A number of specific authorized hosts may access the port. Each host is treated as if it was the first and only user and must be authenticated. Filtering is based on the source MAC address. - Action on Single Host Violation - Select the action to be applied to packets arriving in Single Session/Single Host mode, from a host whose MAC address is not the supplicant MAC address. The options are: • Discard - Discard the packets from any unlearned source. • Forward - Forward the packets from an unknown source, however, the MAC address is not learned. Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 145