Dell Force10 E600i FTOS Version 8.4.1.5 Configuration Guide for ExaScale - Page 118

www.dell.com | support.dell.com Configuring Timeouts If the supplicant or the authentication server is unresponsive, the authenticator terminates the authentication process after 30 seconds by default. The amount of time that the authenticator waits for a response can be configured. The timeout for the supplicant applies to all EAP frames except for Request Identity frames which are governed by the tx-period and max-eap-req configurations. To terminate the authentication process due to an unresponsive supplicant: Step 1 Task Command Syntax Terminate the authentication process due to an unresponsive supplicant. dot1x supplicant-timeout seconds Range: 1-300 Default: 30 Command Mode INTERFACE To terminate the authentication process due to an unresponsive authentication server: Step 1 Task Command Syntax Terminate the authentication process due to an unresponsive authentication server. dot1x server-timeout seconds Range: 1-300 Default: 30 Command Mode INTERFACE The following example shows configuration information for a port for which the authenticator terminates the authentication process for an unresponsive supplicant or server after 15 seconds. FTOS(conf-if-gi-2/1)#dot1x port-control force-authorized FTOS(conf-if-gi-2/1)#do show dot1x interface gigabitethernet 2/1 802.1x information on Gi 2/1: Dot1x Status: Enable Port Control: FORCE_AUTHORIZED Port Auth Status: UNAUTHORIZED Re-Authentication: Disable Untagged VLAN id: None Guest VLAN: Disable Guest VLAN id: NONE Auth-Fail VLAN: Disable Auth-Fail VLAN id: NONE Auth-Fail Max-Attempts: NONE Tx Period: 90 seconds Quiet Period: 120 seconds ReAuth Max: 10 Supplicant Timeout: 15 seconds Server Timeout: 15 seconds Re-Auth Interval: 7200 seconds Max-EAP-Req: 10 Auth Type: SINGLE_HOST Auth PAE State: Initialize Backend State: Initialize 118 | 802.1X