Dell MX5108n OS10 Enterprise Edition User Guide for PowerEdge MX IO Modules Re - Page 164

Failure quiet period If the supplicant fails the authentication process, the authenticator sends another Request Identity frame after 30 seconds by default. The quiet period is a transmit interval time after a failed authentication. The Request Identity Re-transmit interval is for an unresponsive supplicant. You can configure the interval for a maximum of 10 times for an unresponsive supplicant. 1 Configure the amount of time that the authenticator waits to re-transmit a Request Identity frame after a failed authentication in INTERFACE mode (1 to 65535, default 60 seconds). dot1x timeout quiet-period seconds Configure and verify port authentication OS10(conf-range-eth1/1/7-1/1/8)# dot1x timeout quiet-period 120 OS10(conf-range-eth1/1/7-1/1/8)# do show dot1x interface ethernet 1/1/7 802.1x information on ethernet1/1/7 Dot1x Status: Enable Port Control: AUTO Port Auth Status: UNAUTHORIZED Re-Authentication: Enable Tx Period: 120 seconds Quiet Period: 120 seconds Supplicant Timeout: 30 seconds Server Timeout: 30 seconds Re-Auth Interval: 3600 seconds Max-EAP-Req: 5 Host Mode: MULTI_HOST Auth PAE State: Initialize Backend State: Idle View interface running configuration OS10(conf-range-eth1/1/7-1/1/8)# do show running-configuration interface ... ! interface ethernet1/1/7 no shutdown dot1x max-req 5 dot1x port-control auto dot1x re-authentication dot1x timeout quiet-period 120 dot1x timeout tx-period 120 ! interface ethernet1/1/8 no shutdown dot1x max-req 5 dot1x port-control auto dot1x re-authentication dot1x timeout quiet-period 120 dot1x timeout tx-period 120 ... Port control mode 802.1X requires a port to be in one of three states - force-authorized, force-unauthorized, or auto. 164 Layer 2