Alcatel-Lucent 6850-48 Network Guide
Managing Authentication Servers
Server Overview
OmniSwitch AOS Release 6 Network Configuration Guide
September 2009
page 35-7
Port-Based Network Access Control (802.1X)
For devices authenticating on an 802.1X port on the switch, only RADIUS authentication servers are
supported. The RADIUS server contains a database of user names and passwords, and may also contain
challenges/responses and other authentication criteria.
supported. The RADIUS server contains a database of user names and passwords, and may also contain
challenges/responses and other authentication criteria.
For more information about configuring 802.1X ports on the switch, see
Basic 802.1X Components
Supplicant
Authenticator PAE
RADIUS server
OmniSwitch
PC
login request
Authentication
Server
authentication
request
request
authorization
granted