Netgear XSM4348CS User Manual - Page 550

M4300 Intelligent Edge Series Fully Managed Stackable Switches Table 199. Port Summary (continued) Field Description Operating Control Mode The control mode under which the port is actually operating. Possible values are as follows: • ForceUnauthorized • ForceAuthorized • Auto • MAC Based • N/A: If the port is in detached state, it cannot participate in port access control. Reauthentication Enabled This field shows whether reauthentication of the supplicant for the specified port is allowed. The possible values are True and False. If the value is True, reauthentication occurs. Otherwise, reauthentication is not allowed. Control Direction The control direction for the specified port. The control direction dictates the degree to which protocol exchanges take place between supplicant and authenticator. This affects whether the unauthorized controlled port exerts control over communication in both directions (disabling both incoming and outgoing frames) or just in the incoming direction (disabling only the reception of incoming frames). This field is not configurable on some platforms. Protocol Version The protocol version associated with the selected port. The only possible value is 1, corresponding to the first version of the 802.1x specification. This field is not configurable. PAE Capabilities The port access entity (PAE) functionality of the selected port. Possible values are Authenticator or Supplicant. This field is not configurable. Authenticator PAE State The current state of the authenticator PAE state machine. Possible values are as follows: • Initialize • Disconnected • Connecting • Authenticating • Authenticated • Aborting • Held • ForceAuthorized • ForceUnauthorized Backend State The current state of the backend authentication state machine. Possible values are as follows: • Request • Response • Success • Fail • Timeout • Initialize • Idle Manage Switch Security 550 User Manual