How Is MAC Address Authentication Configured on the S5700?

Issue Description

Version: V100R005C01SPC100
Question: How is MAC address authentication configured on the S5700?

Alarm Information

None

Handling Process

Answer: Local MAC address authentication can be configured as follows:
[Quidway]mac-authen
[Quidway]mac-authen username macaddress format with-hyphen
[Quidway]aaa
[Quidway-aaa]
[Quidway-aaa]local-user f0de-f163-76d5 password simple f0de-f163-76d5
[Quidway]int ethe0/0/4
[Quidway-Ethernet0/0/4]mac-authen

When MAC address authentication fails, the switch does not learn the PC’s MAC address. View the authentication status.
[Quidway]display mac-authen int Ethernet 0/0/4
Ethernet0/0/4 state: UP.  MAC address authentication is enabled
Maximum users: 256
Current users: 0
Authentication Success: 6, Failure: 18
Guest VLAN is disabled
Silent MAC info:
f0de-f163-76d5
1 silent mac address(es) found, 1 printed.

When MAC address authentication succeeds, the switch learns the PC’s MAC address. View the authentication status.
[Quidway]display mac-authen int Ethernet 0/0/4
Ethernet0/0/4 state: UP.  MAC address authentication is enabled
Maximum users: 256
Current users: 1
Authentication Success: 5, Failure: 17
Guest VLAN is disabled
Online user(s) info:
UserId   MAC/VLAN            AccessTime              UserName
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37       f0de-f163-76d5/1    2008/01/01 00:37:08     f0de-f163-76d5
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Root Cause

None

Suggestions

1. If MAC address authentication uses the user name and password, the configuration is as follows:
[Quidway]mac-authen
[Quidway]mac-authen username fixed cc pass cc
[Quidway]aaa
[Quidway-aaa]
[Quidway-aaa]local-user cc password simple cc
[Quidway]int ethe0/0/4
[Quidway-Ethernet0/0/4]mac-authen
2. By default, the number of MAC address authentication users supported by a port is 256, and that supported by a switch is 1024.