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Organization: Huawei Technologies co., Ltd.
Last Updated: 2009-12-15
Category: Technology: Switching/L2, Vendor: Huawei
Description: Huawei MAC address authentication MIB for configuring and monitoring 802.1X-less MAC-based port access control.
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What Is HUAWEI-MAC-AUTHEN-MIB?
HUAWEI-MAC-AUTHEN-MIB configures and monitors MAC-address-based authentication, a Huawei access-control feature that authenticates network access based on a device's MAC address rather than requiring 802.1X supplicant software. It exposes configuration objects for enabling MAC authentication per port/interface along with status objects reporting the authentication state of connected hosts. Its monitoring focus is on network access-control software state: administrators track whether MAC-authenticated hosts have successfully passed authentication and detect authentication failures, which could indicate an unauthorized device attempting network access or a misconfigured authentication server. It is a Huawei-private module conceptually parallel to the IEEE 802.1X standard and RADIUS-based authentication, though not directly derived from either standard MIB. It is deployed on Huawei access-layer switches in environments (such as IP phones, printers, or IoT devices) that cannot support 802.1X supplicants but still require port-based access control. Engineers can download the HUAWEI-MAC-AUTHEN-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.
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Supported Devices
- Huawei access-layer switches
Monitoring Examples
An administrator would poll the MAC-authentication status objects per port to confirm connected devices, such as a printer or IP camera, have passed MAC authentication and are permitted network access. A host repeatedly failing MAC authentication on an access port would indicate either an unauthorized device attempting to connect or a MAC address not yet registered in the authentication database. No concrete sample object names were available in the source data for this MIB.
What Can Be Monitored
- MAC authentication enable state per port
- per-host MAC authentication status
- MAC authentication failure events
Imported Objects
From HUAWEI-MIB
| hwDatacomm | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
From IF-MIB
| InterfaceIndexOrZero | |
| ifDescr | OBJECT-TYPE |
From P-BRIDGE-MIB
| EnabledStatus |
From Q-BRIDGE-MIB
| VlanIdOrNone |
From SNMPv2-CONF
| MODULE-COMPLIANCE | |
| NOTIFICATION-GROUP | |
| OBJECT-GROUP |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| Integer32 | |
| IpAddress | |
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| NOTIFICATION-TYPE | |
| OBJECT-TYPE |
From SNMPv2-TC
| DisplayString | |
| MacAddress | |
| RowStatus |
OIDs
RFC description
Vendor-private MIB for Huawei MAC (Media Access Control) address authentication management and configuration.
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