Re-Authenticating A Port; Periodic Re-Authentication - Dell Force10 C150 Configuration Manual

To place a port in one of these three states:
Step Task
1 Place a port in the ForceAuthorized,
ForceUnauthorized, or Auto state.
Figure 7-8
Figure 7-8. 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:
-----------------------------
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:

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-authenticate 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.
116 | 802.1X
shows configuration information for a port that has been force-authorized.
Enable
FORCE_AUTHORIZED
UNAUTHORIZED
Disable
None
90 seconds
120 seconds
2
30 seconds
30 seconds
3600 seconds
10
SINGLE_HOST
Initialize
Initialize
Initialize
Command Syntax
dot1x port-control force-authorized
{
force-unauthorized auto
| }
Default: auto
New Port-control State
Command Syntax
dot1x reauthentication [interval] seconds
Range: 1-65535
Default: 60
Command Mode
| INTERFACE
Command Mode
INTERFACE