802.1X authentication enablement

By default, 802.1X authentication is disabled on the device. To enable 802.1X authentication, you must initialize 802.1X authentication globally and then enable 802.1X authentication on a specific interface.

The dot1x enable command in the global configuration mode initializes 802.1X authentication globally on all ports. After which, you can enable 802.1x authentication on a specific interface using the dot1x authentication command in interface configuration mode.