Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 User Guide Release 10.5.0

If the supplicant or authentication server is unresponsive, the authenticator terminates the authentication process after 30 seconds by default. Configure the amount of time the authenticator waits for a response before termination.

• Terminate the authentication process due to an unresponsive supplicant in INTERFACE mode, from 1 to 65535, default 30.

  dot1x timeout supp-timeout seconds

• Terminate the authentication process due to an unresponsive authentication server in INTERFACE mode, from 1 to 65535, default 30.

  dot1x timeout server-timeout seconds

Configure and verify server timeouts

OS10(conf-range-eth1/1/7-1/1/8)# dot1x timeout supp-timeout 45
OS10(conf-range-eth1/1/7-1/1/8)# dot1x timeout server-timeout 60
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:             AUTHORIZED
Port Auth Status:         UNAUTHORIZED
Re-Authentication:        Enable
Tx Period:                120 seconds
Quiet Period:             120 seconds
Supplicant Timeout:       45 seconds
Server Timeout:           60 seconds
Re-Auth Interval:         3600 seconds
Max-EAP-Req:              5
Host Mode:                MULTI_HOST
Auth PAE State:           Initialize
Backend State:            Initialize

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 re-authentication
 dot1x timeout quiet-period 120
 dot1x timeout re-authperiod 3600
 dot1x timeout server-timeout 60
 dot1x timeout supp-timeout 45
 dot1x timeout tx-period 120
!
interface ethernet1/1/8
 no shutdown
 dot1x max-req 5
 dot1x re-authentication
 dot1x timeout quiet-period 120
 dot1x timeout re-authperiod 3600
 dot1x timeout server-timeout 60
 dot1x timeout supp-timeout 45
 dot1x timeout tx-period 120
...