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44-Access Management Operation


Chapter 1  Access Management Configuration

When configuring access management, go to these sections for information you are interested in:

l           Access Management Overview

l           Configuring Access Management

l           Access Management Configuration Examples

1.1  Access Management Overview

Normally, client PCs in a network are connected to switches operating on the network access layer (also referred to as access switches) through Layer 2 switches; and the access switches provide external network accesses for the client PCs through their upstream links. In the network shown in Figure 1-1, Switch A is an access switch; Switch B is a Layer 2 switch.

Figure 1-1 Typical Ethernet access networking scenario

The access management function aims to manage user access rights on access switches. It enables you to manage the external network access rights of the hosts connected to ports of an access switch.

To implement the access management function, you need to configure an IP address pool on a port of an access switch, that is, bind a specified range of IP addresses to the port.

l           A port with an access management IP address pool configured only allows the hosts with their IP addresses in the access management IP address pool to access external networks.

l           A port without an access management IP address pool configured allows the hosts to access external networks only if their IP addresses are not in the access management IP address pools of other ports of the switch.

Note that the IP addresses in the access management IP address pool configured on a port must be in the same network segment as the IP address of the VLAN (where the port belongs to) interface.

1.2  Configuring Access Management

Follow these steps to configure access management:

To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enable access management function

am enable

Required

By default, the system disables the access management function.

Enable access management trap

am trap enable

Required

By default, access management trap is disabled

Enter Ethernet port view

interface interface-type interface-number

Configure the access management IP address pool of the port

am ip-pool address-list

Required

By default, no access management IP address pool is configured.

Display current configuration of access management

display am [ interface-list ]

Execute this command in any view.

 

&  Note:

l      Before configuring the access management IP address pool of a port, you need to configure the interface IP address of the VLAN to which the port belongs, and the IP addresses in the access management IP address pool of a port must be in the same network segment as the interface IP address of the VLAN which the port belongs to.

l      If an access management address pool configured contains IP addresses that belong to the static ARP entries of other ports, the system prompts you to delete the corresponding static ARP entries to ensure the access management IP address pool can take effect.

l      To allow only the hosts with their IP addresses in the access management address pool of a port to access external networks, do not configure static ARP entries for IP addresses not in the IP address pool.

 

1.3  Access Management Configuration Examples

1.3.1  Access Management Configuration Example

I. Network requirements

Client PCs are connected to the external network through Switch A (an Ethernet switch). The IP addresses of the PCs of Organization 1 are in the range 202.10.20.1/24 to 202.10.20.20/24. The IP address of PC 2 is 202.10.20.100/24, and that of PC 3 is 202.10.20.101/24.

l           Allow the PCs of Organization 1 to access the external network through GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 on Switch A. The port belongs to VLAN 1, and the IP address of VLAN-interface 1 is 202.10.20.200/24.

l           Disable the PCs that are not of Organization 1 (PC 2 and PC 3) from accessing the external network through GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 of Switch A.

II. Network diagram

Figure 1-2 Network diagram for access management configuration

III. Configuration procedure

Perform the following configuration on Switch A.

# Enable access management.

<Sysname> system-view

[Sysname] am enable

# Set the IP address of VLAN-interface 1 to 202.10.20.200/24.

[Sysname] interface Vlan-interface 1

[Sysname-Vlan-interface1] ip address 202.10.20.200 24

[Sysname-Vlan-interface1] quit

# Configure the access management IP address pool on GigabitEthernet 1/0/1.

[Sysname] interface GigabitEthernet 1/0/1

[Sysname-GigabitEthernet1/0/1] am ip-pool 202.10.20.1 20

1.3.2  Combining Access Management with Port Isolation

I. Network requirements

Client PCs are connected to the external network through Switch A (an Ethernet switch). The IP addresses of the PCs of Organization 1 are in the range 202.10.20.1/24 to 202.10.20.20/24, and those of the PCs in Organization 2 are in the range 202.10.20.25/24 to 202.10.20.50/24 and the range 202.10.20.55 to 202.10.20.65/24.

l           Allow the PCs of Organization 1 to access the external network through GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 of Switch A.

l           Allow the PCs of Organization 2 to access the external network through GigabitEthernet 1/0/2 of Switch A.

l           GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 and GigabitEthernet 1/0/2 belong to VLAN 1. The IP address of VLAN-interface 1 is 202.10.20.200/24.

l           PCs of Organization 1 are isolated from those of Organization 2 on Layer 2.

II. Network diagram

Figure 1-3 Network diagram for combining access management and port isolation

III. Configuration procedure

Perform the following configuration on Switch A.

For information about port isolation and the corresponding configuration, refer to the Port Isolation Operation.

# Enable access management.

<Sysname> system-view

[Sysname] am enable

# Set the IP address of VLAN-interface 1 to 202.10.20.200/24.

[Sysname] interface Vlan-interface 1

[Sysname-Vlan-interface1] ip address 202.10.20.200 24

[Sysname-Vlan-interface1] quit

# Configure the access management IP address pool on GigabitEthernet 1/0/1.

[Sysname] interface GigabitEthernet 1/0/1

[Sysname-GigabitEthernet1/0/1] am ip-pool 202.10.20.1 20

# Add GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 to the port isolation group.

[Sysname-GigabitEthernet1/0/1] port isolate

[Sysname-GigabitEthernet1/0/1] quit

# Configure the access management IP address pool on GigabitEthernet 1/0/2.

[Sysname] interface GigabitEthernet 1/0/2

[Sysname-GigabitEthernet1/0/2] am ip-pool 202.10.20.25 26 202.10.20.55 11

# Add GigabitEthernet 1/0/2 to the port isolation group.

[Sysname-GigabitEthernet1/0/2] port isolate

[Sysname-GigabitEthernet1/0/2] quit

 

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