PowerConnect B-Series FCX Configuration Guide 1273
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Configuring Multi-Device Port Authentication
Table 224 lists individual Dell PowerConnect switches and the Multi-device port authentication
features they support.
PowerConnect B-Series FCX devices do not support:
- multi-device authentication on dynamic (LACP) and static trunk ports
- multi-device authentication and port security configured on the same port
- multi-device authentication and lock-address configured on the same port
Multi-device port authentication is a way to configure a Dell PowerConnect device to forward or
block traffic from a MAC address based on information received from a RADIUS server.
TABLE 224 Supported Multi-device port authentication (MDPA) features
Feature PowerConnect B-Series FCX
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
