Setting The Maximum Reauthentication Retry Count On An Interface - Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Setting the Maximum Reauthentication Retry Count on an Interface

Setting the Maximum Reauthentication Retry Count on an Interface
You can set the maximum number of times that the Cisco NX-OS device retransmits reauthentication requests
to the supplicant on an interface before the session times out. The default is 2 times and the range is from 1
to 10.
Before you begin
Enable the 802.1X feature on the Cisco NX-OS device.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. configure terminal
2. interface ethernet slot/port
3. dot1x max-reauth-req retry-count
4. exit
5. (Optional) show dot1x all
6. (Optional) copy running-config startup-config
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1 configure terminal
Example:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)#
Step 2
interface ethernet slot/port
Example:
switch(config)# interface ethernet 2/1
switch(config-if)#
Step 3 dot1x max-reauth-req retry-count
Example:
switch(config-if)# dot1x max-reauth-req 3
Step 4 exit
Example:
switch(config)# exit
switch#
Step 5
(Optional) show dot1x all
Example:
switch# show dot1x all
Step 6
(Optional) copy running-config startup-config
Example:
switch(config)# copy running-config startup-config
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Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Selects the interface to configure and enters interface
configuration mode.
Changes the maximum reauthentication request retry count.
The default is 2 times and the range is from 1 to 10.
Exits interface configuration mode.
Displays all 802.1X feature status and configuration
information.
Copies the running configuration to the startup
configuration.
Configuring 802.1X