Additional details in system shell
NOTE: Connection to the 802.1X network occurs at the time the platform boots. After configuring the primary adapter, you can use a serial connection to observe what happens in the boot log during the reboot. This can be useful for troubleshooting purposes.
If working at the serial shell level, you have the option to display the IEEE 802.1X settings.
Figure 7. System Shell Menu with added option to display IEEE 802.1X settings
When you type 3 and press Enter, a secondary menu provides options to view the current configuration settings as well as view the current status.
Figure 8. System shell 802.1X status
Option 1 shows the current IEEE 802.1X configuration file. This allows you to see the information that is displayed in the UI down at the serial level. It shows the current configuration file that is in use for the primary adapter, and that the secondary adapter does not support 802.1X connections.
Figure 9. Current IEEE 802.1X configuration file
Option 2 shows the status of the supplicant in use. This allows you to see detailed information about the primary adapter. In the following example it shows that the supplicant port state is “Authenticated” that the EAP state is “Successful”; it shows the kind of method that was used, “EAP-TLS”; and the version of that method, “TLSv1.2”.
Figure 10. Status of the supplicant in use
