HP E3800-24G-PoE+-2SFP+ User manual

HP Switch Software
E3800 switches
Software version KA.15.03
September 2011
Access Security Guide

HP Networking E3800 Switches
Access Security Guide
September 2011
KA.15.03

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September 2011
Applicable Products
HP E3800-24G-PoE+-2SFP+ Switch J9573A
HP E3800-48G-PoE+-4SFP+ Switch J9574A
HP E3800-24G-2SFP+ Switch J9575A
HP E3800-48G-4SFP+ Switch J9576A
HP E3800-24GS-2XG tl Switch J9584A
HP E3800-24G-2XGT tl Switch J9585A
HP E3800-48G-4XGT tl Switch J9586A
HP E3800-24G-2XGT-PoE+ tl Switch J9587A
HP E3800-48G-4XGT-PoE+ tl Switch J9588A
HP E3800 4-port Stacking Module J9577A
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Contents
Product Documentation
About Your Switch Manual Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
Printed Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
Electronic Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
Software Feature Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
1 Security Overview
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Access Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Network Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Getting Started with Access Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Physical Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Quick Start: Using the Management Interface Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
CLI: Management Interface Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
WebAgent: Management Interface Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
SNMP Security Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Precedence of Security Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Precedence of Port-Based Security Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Precedence of Client-Based Authentication:
Dynamic Configuration Arbiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Network Immunity Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Arbitrating Client-Specific Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
HP Identity-Driven Manager (IDM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20

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2 Configuring Username and Password Security
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Configuring Local Password Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Menu: Setting Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
CLI: Setting Passwords and Usernames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
WebAgent: Setting Passwords and Usernames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Saving Security Credentials in a Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Benefits of Saving Security Credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Enabling the Storage and Display of Security Credentials . . . . . . . . 2-11
Security Settings that Can Be Saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Local Manager and Operator Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Password Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
SNMP Security Credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
802.1X Port-Access Credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
TACACS+ Encryption Key Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
RADIUS Shared-Secret Key Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
SSH Client Public-Key Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Front-Panel Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
When Security Is Important . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Front-Panel Button Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
Clear Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Restoring the Factory Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Configuring Front-Panel Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
Disabling the Clear Password Function of the Clear Button . . . 2-29
Re-Enabling the Clear Button and Setting or
Changing the “Reset-On-Clear” Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
Changing the Operation of the Reset+Clear Combination . . . . . 2-31
Password Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32
Disabling or Re-Enabling the Password Recovery Process . . . . . . . . 2-32
Password Recovery Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34

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3 Virus Throttling (Connection-Rate Filtering)
Overview of Connection-Rate Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Filtering Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Sensitivity to Connection Rate Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Application Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Unblocking a Currently Blocked Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
General Configuration Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
For a network that is relatively attack-free: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
For a network that appears to be under significant attack: . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Configuring Connection-Rate Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Global and Per-Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Enabling Connection-Rate Filtering and Configuring
Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Configuring the Per-Port Filtering Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Example of a Basic Connection-Rate Filtering Configuration . . 3-12
Viewing and Managing Connection-Rate Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Viewing Connection-Rate Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Listing Currently-Blocked Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Unblocking Currently-Blocked Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Configuring and Applying Connection-Rate ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Connection-Rate ACL Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Configuring a Connection-Rate ACL Using
Source IP Address Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Configuring a Connection-Rate ACL Using UDP/TCP Criteria . . . . . 3-21
Applying Connection-Rate ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Using CIDR Notation To Enter the ACE Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Example of Using an ACL in a Connection-Rate Configuration . . . . 3-25
Connection-Rate ACL Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27

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4 Web and MAC Authentication
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Web Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
MAC Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Concurrent Web and MAC Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Authorized and Unauthorized Client VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
RADIUS-Based Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Wireless Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
How Web and MAC Authentication Operate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Web-based Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
MAC-based Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Operating Rules and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Setup Procedure for Web/MAC Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Before You Configure Web/MAC Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Configuring the RADIUS Server To Support MAC Authentication . . 4-15
Configuring the Switch To Access a RADIUS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Configuring Web Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Configuration Commands for Web Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Show Commands for Web Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Customizing Web Authentication HTML Files (Optional) . . . . . . . 4-32
Implementing Customized Web-Auth Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Operating Notes and Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Customizing HTML Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Customizable HTML Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Configuring MAC Authentication on the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Configuration Commands for MAC Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49
Configuring the Global MAC Authentication Password . . . . . . . 4-49
Configuring a MAC-based Address Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
Configuring Custom Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
Web Page Display of Access Denied Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56

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HTTP Redirect When MAC Address Not Found . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59
How HTTP Redirect Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60
Diagram of the Registration Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62
Using the Restrictive-Filter Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
Show Command Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
Reauthenticating a MAC-Auth Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
Configuring the Registration Server URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
Unconfiguring a MAC-Auth Registration Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
Operating Notes for HTTP Redirect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
Show Commands for MAC-Based Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65
Client Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71
5 TACACS+ Authentication
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Terminology Used in TACACS Applications: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
General System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
General Authentication Setup Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Configuring TACACS+ on the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
CLI Commands Described in this Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Viewing the Switch’s Current Authentication Configuration . . . . . . . 5-8
Viewing the Switch’s Current TACACS+
Server Contact Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Configuring the Switch’s Authentication Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Using the Privilege-Mode Option for Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Authentication Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Configuring the TACACS+ Server for Single Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Configuring the Switch’s TACACS+ Server Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
How Authentication Operates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
General Authentication Process Using a TACACS+ Server . . . . . . . . 5-24
Local Authentication Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Using the Encryption Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Encryption Options in the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27

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Controlling WebAgent Access When
Using TACACS+ Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Messages Related to TACACS+ Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
6 RADIUS Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Authentication Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Accounting Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
RADIUS-Administered CoS and Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
RADIUIS-Administered Commands Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
SNMP Access to the Switch’s Authentication Configuration MIB . . . 6-2
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Switch Operating Rules for RADIUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
General RADIUS Setup Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Configuring the Switch for RADIUS Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Outline of the Steps for Configuring RADIUS Authentication . . . . . . 6-8
1. Configure Authentication for the Access Methods
You Want RADIUS To Protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
2. Enable the (Optional) Access Privilege Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
3. Configure the Switch To Access a RADIUS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
4. Configure the Switch’s Global RADIUS Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Using Multiple RADIUS Server Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Enhanced Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Displaying the RADIUS Server Group Information . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24
Cached Reauthentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26
Timing Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
Using SNMP To View and Configure
Switch Authentication Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30
Changing and Viewing the SNMP Access Configuration . . . . . . . . . . 6-31
Local Authentication Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34
Controlling WebAgent Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-35

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Commands Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-36
Enabling Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37
Displaying Authorization Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-38
Configuring Commands Authorization on a RADIUS Server . . . . . . 6-38
Using Vendor Specific Attributes (VSAs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-38
Example Configuration on Cisco Secure ACS for MS Windows 6-40
Example Configuration Using FreeRADIUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43
VLAN Assignment in an Authentication Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-44
Tagged and Untagged VLAN Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-44
Additional RADIUS Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-45
Accounting Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-48
Accounting Service Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-48
Operating Rules for RADIUS Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-49
Acct-Session-ID Options in a Management Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-50
Unique Acct-Session-ID Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-50
Common Acct-Session-ID Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-52
Configuring RADIUS Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-53
Steps for Configuring RADIUS Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-53
1. Configure the Switch To Access a RADIUS Server . . . . . . . . . 6-54
2. (Optional) Reconfigure the Acct-Session-ID Operation . . . . . 6-56
3. Configure Accounting Types and the Controls for Sending
Reports to the RADIUS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-57
4. (Optional) Configure Session Blocking and Interim
Updating Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-61
Viewing RADIUS Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-62
General RADIUS Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-62
RADIUS Authentication Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-64
RADIUS Accounting Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-66
Changing RADIUS-Server Access Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-67
Dynamic Removal of Authentication
Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-70
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-70
Configuring the RADIUS VSAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-70
Displaying the Port-access Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-72
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-73

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7 Configuring RADIUS Server Support for Switch Services
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
RADIUS Client and Server Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Optional PCM and IDM Network Management Applications . . . . 7-2
RADIUS Server Configuration for CoS
(802.1p Priority) and Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Applied Rates for RADIUS-Assigned Rate Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Viewing the Currently Active Per-Port CoS and Rate-Limiting
Configuration Specified by a RADIUS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Configuring and Using Dynamic
(RADIUS-Assigned) Access Control Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Overview of RADIUS-Assigned, Dynamic ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
Traffic Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
Contrasting RADIUS-Assigned and Static ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
How a RADIUS Server Applies a RADIUS-Assigned ACL
to a Client on a Switch Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
General ACL Features, Planning, and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
The Packet-filtering Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Operating Rules for RADIUS-Assigned ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Configuring an ACL in a RADIUS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Nas-Filter-Rule-Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
ACE Syntax in RADIUS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25
Example Using the Standard Attribute (92) In an IPv4 ACL . . . 7-27
Example Using HP VSA 63 To Assign IPv6 and/or IPv4 ACLs . . 7-29
Example Using HP VSA 61 To Assign IPv4 ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
To configure the above ACL, you would enter the username/
password and ACE information shown in figure 7-11 into the
FreeRADIUS “users” file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Configuration Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
Configuring the Switch To Support RADIUS-Assigned
ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Displaying the Current RADIUS-Assigned ACL Activity
on the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37

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Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Causes of Client Deauthentication Immediately
After Authenticating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
Monitoring Shared Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42
8 Configuring Secure Shell (SSH)
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Prerequisite for Using SSH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Public Key Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Steps for Configuring and Using SSH
for Switch and Client Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
General Operating Rules and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Configuring the Switch for SSH Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
1. Assigning a Local Login (Operator) and
Enable (Manager) Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
2. Generating the Switch’s Public and Private Key Pair . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Configuring Key Lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
3. Providing the Switch’s Public Key to Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
4. Enabling SSH on the Switch and Anticipating SSH
Client Contact Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15
5. Configuring the Switch for SSH Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
6. Use an SSH Client To Access the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24
Further Information on SSH Client Public-Key Authentication . 8-25
Messages Related to SSH Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
Logging Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
Debug Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
9 Configuring Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Prerequisite for Using SSL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

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Steps for Configuring and Using SSL for Switch and Client
Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
General Operating Rules and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Configuring the Switch for SSL Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
1. Assigning a Local Login (Operator) and
Enabling (Manager) Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
2. Generating the Switch’s Server Host Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
To Generate or Erase the Switch’s Server Certificate
with the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Comments on Certificate Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Generate a Self-Signed Host Certificate with the WebAgent . . . 9-10
Generate a CA-Signed server host certificate with the
WebAgent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
3. Enabling SSL on the Switch and Anticipating SSL
Browser Contact Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
Using the CLI Interface to Enable SSL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Using the WebAgent to Enable SSL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Common Errors in SSL Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
10 IPv4 Access Control Lists (ACLs)
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Overview of Options for Applying IPv4 ACLs on the Switch . . . . . 10-3
Static ACLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
RADIUS-Assigned ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Command Summary for Standard IPv4 ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
Command Summary for IPv4 Extended ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
Command Summary for Enabling, Disabling, and
Displaying ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
Types of IPv4 ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
ACL Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
RACL Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14
VACL Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-16
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RADIUS-Assigned (Dynamic) Port ACL Applications . . . . . . . . 10-17
Multiple ACLs on an Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19
Features Common to All ACL Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22
General Steps for Planning and Configuring ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23
IPv4 Static ACL Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25
The Packet-filtering Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
Planning an ACL Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29
IPv4 Traffic Management and Improved Network Performance . . 10-29
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Guidelines for Planning the Structure of a Static ACL . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
IPv4 ACL Configuration and Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32
How an ACE Uses a Mask To Screen Packets for Matches . . . . . . . 10-35
What Is the Difference Between Network (or Subnet)
Masks and the Masks Used with ACLs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-35
Rules for Defining a Match Between a Packet and an
Access Control Entry (ACE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36
Configuring and Assigning an IPv4 ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40
General Steps for Implementing ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40
Options for Permit/Deny Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-41
ACL Configuration Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-41
Standard ACL Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42
Extended ACL Configuration Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43
ACL Configuration Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
The Sequence of Entries in an ACL Is Significant . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
Allowing for the Implied Deny Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-47
A Configured ACL Has No Effect Until You Apply It
to an Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-47
You Can Assign an ACL Name or Number to an Interface
Even if the ACL Does Not Exist in the Switch’s Configuration 10-47
Using the CLI To Create an ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-48
General ACE Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-48
Using CIDR Notation To Enter the IPv4 ACL Mask . . . . . . . . . 10-49

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Configuring Standard ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-50
Command Summary for Standard ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-50
Configuring Named, Standard ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-52
Creating Numbered, Standard ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-55
Configuring Extended ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-59
Command Summary for Extended ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-59
Configuring Named, Extended ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-61
Configuring Numbered, Extended ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-74
Adding or Removing an ACL Assignment On an Interface . . . . . . 10-81
Filtering Routed IPv4 Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-81
Filtering IPv4 Traffic Inbound on a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-82
Filtering Inbound IPv4 Traffic Per Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-83
Deleting an ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-85
Editing an Existing ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-86
Using the CLI To Edit ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-86
General Editing Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-86
Sequence Numbering in ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-87
Inserting an ACE in an Existing ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-88
Deleting an ACE from an Existing ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-90
Resequencing the ACEs in an ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-91
Attaching a Remark to an ACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-92
Operating Notes for Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-95
Displaying ACL Configuration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-97
Display an ACL Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-98
Display the Content of All ACLs on the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-99
Display the RACL and VACL Assignments for a VLAN . . . . . . . . . 10-100
Display Static Port (and Trunk) ACL Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-101
Displaying the Content of a Specific ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-103
Display All ACLs and Their Assignments in the Routing
Switch Startup-Config File and Running-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . 10-106
Creating or Editing ACLs Offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-107
Creating or Editing an ACL Offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-107
The Offline Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-107
Example of Using the Offline Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-108

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Enable ACL “Deny” Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-112
Requirements for Using ACL Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-112
ACL Logging Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-113
Enabling ACL Logging on the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-114
Configuring the Logging Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-116
Monitoring Static ACL Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-117
Example of ACL Performance Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-119
Example of Resetting ACE Hit Counters to Zero . . . . . . . . . . . 10-121
IPv6 Counter Operation with Multiple Interface Assignments 10-122
IPv4 Counter Operation with Multiple Interface Assignments 10-123
General ACL Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-128
11 Configuring Advanced Threat Protection
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
DHCP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3
Enabling DHCP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4
Enabling DHCP Snooping on VLANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-6
Configuring DHCP Snooping Trusted Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-6
Configuring Authorized Server Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7
Using DHCP Snooping with Option 82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8
Changing the Remote-id from a MAC to an IP Address . . . . . . 11-10
Disabling the MAC Address Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10
The DHCP Binding Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11
Operational Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12
Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-13
Dynamic ARP Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-15
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-15
Enabling Dynamic ARP Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-17
Configuring Trusted Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-17
Adding an IP-to-MAC Binding to the DHCP Database . . . . . . . . . . . 11-19
Configuring Additional Validation Checks on ARP Packets . . . . . . 11-20
Verifying the Configuration of Dynamic ARP Protection . . . . . . . . 11-20
Displaying ARP Packet Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-21

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Monitoring Dynamic ARP Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-22
Dynamic IP Lockdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-22
Protection Against IP Source Address Spoofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-23
Prerequisite: DHCP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-23
Filtering IP and MAC Addresses Per-Port and Per-VLAN . . . . . . . . 11-24
Enabling Dynamic IP Lockdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-25
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-25
Adding an IP-to-MAC Binding to the DHCP Binding Database . . . . 11-27
Potential Issues with Bindings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-27
Adding a Static Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-28
Verifying the Dynamic IP Lockdown Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-28
Displaying the Static Configuration of IP-to-MAC Bindings . . . . . . 11-29
Debugging Dynamic IP Lockdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-30
Differences Between Switch Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-31
Using the Instrumentation Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-33
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-34
Configuring Instrumentation Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-35
Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-36
Viewing the Current Instrumentation Monitor Configuration . . . . . 11-37
12 Traffic/Security Filters and Monitors
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Filter Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Using Port Trunks with Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Filter Types and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3
Source-Port Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3
Operating Rules for Source-Port Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
Named Source-Port Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5
Operating Rules for Named Source-Port Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6
Defining and Configuring Named Source-Port Filters . . . . . . . . 12-6
Viewing a Named Source-Port Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-8
Using Named Source-Port Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-8

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Static Multicast Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-14
Protocol Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-15
Configuring Traffic/Security Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-16
Configuring a Source-Port Traffic Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-17
Example of Creating a Source-Port Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-18
Configuring a Filter on a Port Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-18
Editing a Source-Port Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-19
Configuring a Multicast or Protocol Traffic Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-20
Filter Indexing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-21
Displaying Traffic/Security Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-22
13 Configuring Port-Based and
User-Based Access Control (802.1X)
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
Why Use Port-Based or User-Based Access Control? . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
General Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
User Authentication Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2
802.1X User-Based Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3
802.1X Port-Based Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3
Alternative To Using a RADIUS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4
Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4
General 802.1X Authenticator Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8
Example of the Authentication Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8
VLAN Membership Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-9
General Operating Rules and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11
General Setup Procedure for 802.1X Access Control . . . . . . . . . . 13-13
Do These Steps Before You Configure 802.1X Operation . . . . . . . . 13-13
Overview: Configuring 802.1X Authentication on the Switch . . . . . 13-16
Configuring Switch Ports as 802.1X Authenticators . . . . . . . . . . . 13-17
1. Enable 802.1X Authentication on Selected Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
A. Enable the Selected Ports as Authenticators and Enable
the (Default) Port-Based Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18

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B. Specify User-Based Authentication or Return to
Port-Based Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-19
Example: Configuring User-Based 802.1X Authentication . . . . 13-20
Example: Configuring Port-Based 802.1X Authentication . . . . 13-20
2. Reconfigure Settings for Port-Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-21
3. Configure the 802.1X Authentication Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-24
4. Enter the RADIUS Host IP Address(es) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-25
5. Enable 802.1X Authentication on the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-26
6. Optional: Reset Authenticator Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-27
7. Optional: Configure 802.1X Controlled Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-27
Wake-on-LAN Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-28
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-29
Example: Configuring 802.1X Controlled Directions . . . . . . . . 13-29
Unauthenticated VLAN Access (Guest VLAN Access) . . . . . . . . . . . 13-29
Characteristics of Mixed Port Access Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-30
Configuring Mixed Port Access Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-31
802.1X Open VLAN Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-32
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-32
VLAN Membership Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-33
Use Models for 802.1X Open VLAN Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-33
Operating Rules for Authorized-Client and
Unauthorized-Client VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-39
Setting Up and Configuring 802.1X Open VLAN Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 13-43
802.1X Open VLAN Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-48
Option For Authenticator Ports: Configure Port-Security
To Allow Only 802.1X-Authenticated Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-49
Port-Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-50
Configuring Switch Ports To Operate As
Supplicants for 802.1X Connections to Other Switches . . . . . . . . 13-51
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-51
Supplicant Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-53
Displaying 802.1X Configuration, Statistics, and Counters . . . . 13-55
Show Commands for Port-Access Authenticator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-55
Viewing 802.1X Open VLAN Mode Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-64
Show Commands for Port-Access Supplicant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-68