RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) 1500/1800/2000/4000 Administrator’s Guide
Polycom®, Inc. 842
Enabling 802.1X Authentication can result in the RMX being disconnected from the network and a warning
message is displayed:
System Flags
The following system flags are used to manage the 802.1X Authentication process. They must be
manually added to system.cfg if their default values need to be modified.
802.1X Authentication System Flags
Flag name Description
802_1X_CERTIFICATE_MODE Determines whether one TLS certificate is retrieved from the
Certificate Repository for all IP services or if multiple certificates will be
retrieved, one for each IP service.
Range: ONE_CERTIFICATE, MULTIPLE_CERTIFICATE
Default: ONE_CERTIFICATE.
802_1X_SKIP_CERTIFICATE_VALIDATI
ON
If the flag value is:
•YES - The retrieved certificate is not validated against the CA
certificate.
•NO - The retrieved certificate is validated against the CA certificate.
Validation failure raises an Active Alarm and is reported in the
Ethernet Monitoring dialog box.
Range: YES, NO.
Default: YES.
802_1X_CRL_MODE If the flag value is:
• ENABLED - Forces CRL checking. The system fails the connection
request if the certificate has been revoked or if there is no CRL.
• OPTIONAL - The system fails the connection request if the
certificate is revoked but does not fail the connection request if there
is no CRL.
•DISABLED - Does not check the CRL and does not fail the
connection request based on the CRL content.
Range: ENABLED, OPTIONAL, DISABLED
Default: DISABLED.
802_FIPS_MODE If the flag value is YES, the availability of the MD5 Authentication
Protocol will neither be displayed as selectable option nor supported.
Range: YES/NO.
Default: NO