Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave Configuration Manual

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AirWave Wireless Management Suite | Configuration Guide Aruba Configuration Reference | 753. Click Add or Save. The added or edited Management Auth profile appears on the AAA Profiles page, andon the Management Auth details page.Profiles > AAA > 802.1x Auth802.1x authentication consists of three components:z The supplicant, or client, is the device attempting to gain access to the network. You can configure theAruba user-centric network to support 802.1x authentication for wired users as well as wireless users.z The authenticator is the gatekeeper to the network and permits or denies access to the supplicants. TheAruba controller acts as the authenticator, relaying information between the authentication server andsupplicant. The EAP type must be consistent between the authentication server and supplicant and istransparent to the controller.z The authentication server provides a database of information required for authentication and informsthe authenticator to deny or permit access to the supplicant.The 802.1x authentication server is typically an EAP-compliant Remote Access Dial-In User Service(RADIUS) server which can authenticate either users (through passwords or certificates) or the clientcomputer.An example of an 802.1x authentication server is the Internet Authentication Service (IAS) in Windows (seehttp://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/ias.mspx).In Aruba user-centric networks, you can terminate the 802.1x authentication on the controller. Thecontroller passes user authentication to its internal database or to a “backend” non-802.1x server. Thisfeature, also called “AAA FastConnect,” is useful for deployments where an 802.1x EAP-compliant RADIUSserver is not available or required for authentication.Perform these steps to configure an 802.1X Auth profile.1. Click Profiles > AAA > 802.1x Auth in the Aruba Navigation pane. The details page summarizes thecurrent profiles of this type.2. Click the Add button to create a new 802.1x Auth profile, or click the pencil icon next to an existingprofile to edit that profile. The Details page appears. Complete the settings as described in Table 17:Referenced ProfilesServer Group N/A Select the AAA authentication server group. Click the pencil icon toedit an existing server group or click the add icon to create a newserver group.Other SettingsDefault Role ap-role The role to be associated with this authentication profile.Enable No When enabled with Yes, this setting activates the authenticationserver.Table 16 Aruba Configuration > Profiles > AAA > Management Auth Profile SettingsField Default Description