To enable or disable 802.1X

Note: Before you can create an 802.1X policy, 802.1X must be enabled on the NE. Before you can configure 802.1X on an Ethernet access port, 802.1X must be enabled on the NE and an 802.1X policy must be created and distributed to the NE.

Note: To create and distribute 802.1X policies to the NEs that use 802.1X, see Chapter 59, 802.1x policies .

Note: To configure 802.1X on Ethernet access ports, see To configure Ethernet ports in Chapter 16, Port and channel object configuration .

Steps
 

On the equipment tree, right-click on an NE and choose Properties. The Network Element (Edit) form opens.


Click on the Globals tab.


Click on the PAE tab and set the Administrative State parameter to Up.

To disable 802.1X on a managed NE, set the Administrative State to Down.


Save your changes and close the form.

End of steps