H3C Technologies H3C Intelligent Management Center - Manual (Page 23)

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• Strict access control at the network access layer
Figure 2 Network diagram of 802.1X access
Features
802.1X access has the following features:
• UAM serves as the RADIUS server to authenticate user identities.
• Access layer switches determine whether endpoint users can access the network.
• Access layer switches grant user access rights to resources according to the access control policies
assigned by UAM.
Password exchange methods
The 802.1X access process supports the following password exchange methods:
• CHAP
• EAP-MD5
• EAP-PEAP
• EAP-TLS
• EAP-TTLS
• PAP
Portal access
Web portal authentication does not support EAP-MD5, EAP-TLS, or EAP-PEAP.