Brocade Communications Systems Brocade ICX 6650 6650 User Manual

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Multi-Device Port Authentication
 lists the multi-device port authentication features supported on Brocade ICX 6650. These 
features are supported in the Layer 2, base Layer 3, edge Layer 3, and full Layer 3 software 
images, except where explicitly noted.
 
Multi-device port authentication is a way to configure a Brocade device to forward or block traffic 
from a MAC address based on information received from a RADIUS server.
How multi-device port authentication works
Multi-device port authentication is a way to configure a Brocade device to forward or block traffic 
from a MAC address based on information received from a RADIUS server.
TABLE 54
Supported Multi-device port authentication (MDPA) features
Feature
Brocade ICX 6650
Multi-Device Port Authentication
Yes
Support for Multi-Device Port 
Authentication together with:
Dynamic VLAN assignment
Yes
Dynamic ACLs
Yes
802.1X
Yes
Denial of Service (DoS) attack 
protection
Yes
Source guard protection
Yes
ACL-per-port-per-VLAN
Yes
Authenticating multiple MAC addresses on 
an interface
Yes
Specifying the format of the MAC 
addresses sent to the RADIUS server
Yes
Specifying the authentication-failure 
action
Yes
Password override
Yes
Specifying the RADIUS timeout action
Yes
SNMP Traps
Yes
MAC Address Filters
Yes
Aging time for blocked MAC Addresses
Yes