QuestionQ5

Cloud Infrastructure (NFV and SDN)

Refer to the exhibit.

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Which device serves as the authenticator in the illustrated 802.1X design?

  • A Device C
  • B Device A
  • C Device D
  • D Device B
Explanation

An 802.1X authenticator is the network-access device that controls access on the supplicant-facing port and forwards EAP authentication exchanges to the RADIUS authentication server. The EX Series switch performs that role; endpoints are supplicants and the RADIUS server is the authentication server.

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