Set Up MAC Authentication With NCAS (for Nebula Switches only)

To set up MAC authentication with NCAS (Nebula Cloud Authentication Server), do the following:

1 Go to Switch > Configure > Authentication: Server type to select the authentication server.

2 Click +Add to create the Authentication policy.
Enter the Name (for example, Trusted Device) and select MAC-Base in Authentication type.

3 Go to Switch > Configure > Switch ports to bind the authentication policy to the access port(s).

3a Select the port(s) and click Edit.

3b In the Update # port screen, select Access in Type.
Select MAC-Base/Trusted Device in Auth. policy. Then click Update.

4 Go to Organization-wide > Configure > Cloud authentication > MAC to add MAC addresses in the cloud authentication list.

4a Click +Add to create to create a new user account.

4b In the Create user screen, enter the MAC address for this account.

4c In the Authorized field, select the user’s access to All sites or Specified sites. If you select Specified sites, a field displays allowing you to specify the sites to which the user access is authorized.

4d Then click Create user.