Configuring Request Identity Re-Transmissions - Dell Force10 Z9000 Configuration Manual

View 802.1X configuration information for an interface using the command
shown in Figure
Figure 5-6. Verifying 802.1X Interface Configuration
FTOS#show dot1x interface gigabitethernet 2/1
802.1x information on Gi 2/1:
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Dot1x Status:
Port Control:
Port Auth Status:
Re-Authentication:
Untagged VLAN id:
Tx Period:
Quiet Period:
ReAuth Max:
Supplicant Timeout:
Server Timeout:
Re-Auth Interval:
Max-EAP-Req:
Auth Type:
Auth PAE State:
Backend State:

Configuring Request Identity Re-transmissions

If the authenticator sends a Request Identity frame, but the supplicant does not respond, the authenticator
waits 30 seconds and then re-transmits the frame. The amount of time that the authenticator waits before
re-transmitting and the maximum number of times that the authenticator re-transmits are configurable.
Note: There are several reasons why the supplicant might fail to respond; the supplicant might have been
booting when the request arrived, or there might be a physical layer problem.
To configure the amount of time that the authenticator waits before re-transmitting an EAP Request
Identity frame:
Step Task
1 Configure the amount of time that the authenticator
waits before re-transmitting an EAP Request Identity
frame.
5-6.
Enable
AUTO
UNAUTHORIZED
Disable
None
30 seconds
60 seconds
2
30 seconds
30 seconds
3600 seconds
2
SINGLE_HOST
Initialize
Initialize
show dot1x interface
802.1X Enabled on
All ports unauthorized by default
Command Syntax
dot1x tx-period number
Range: 1-31536000 (1 year)
Default: 30
, as
Command Mode
INTERFACE
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