Re-Authenticating A Port; Periodic Re-Authentication - Dell Force10 Z9000 Configuration Manual

Figure 5-8. Configuring Port-control
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:
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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:
Auth PAE State:
Backend State:

Re-authenticating a Port

Periodic Re-authentication

After the supplicant has been authenticated, and the port has been authorized, the authenticator can be
configured to re-authenticates the supplicant periodically. If re-authentication is enabled, the supplicant is
required to re-authenticate every 3600 seconds, but this interval can be configured. A maximum number of
re-authentications can be configured as well.
To configure a re-authentication or a re-authentication period:
Step Task
1 Configure the authenticator to
periodically re-authenticate the
supplicant.
To configure a maximum number of re-authentications:
Step Task
1 Configure the maximum number of
times that the supplicant can be
reauthenticated.
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Enable
FORCE_AUTHORIZED
UNAUTHORIZED
Disable
None
90 seconds
120 seconds
2
30 seconds
30 seconds
3600 seconds
10
SINGLE_HOST
Initialize
Initialize
Initialize
Initialize
Command Syntax
dot1x reauthentication
Range: 1-65535
Default: 60
Command Syntax
dot1x reauth-max number
Range: 1-10
Default: 2
New Port-control State
[ interval ]
seconds
Command Mode
INTERFACE
Command Mode
INTERFACE