When a user logs on to a network that uses 802.1X authentication, the device grants (or does not grant) access to network services after the user is authenticated by an authentication server. The user-based authentication in 802.1X authentication provides an alternative to granting network access based on a user‘s IP address, MAC address, or subnetwork.
The Extreme implementation of 802.1X authentication supports the following RFCs:
Note
SNMP is not supported for 802.1X authentication.