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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference—Release7.6
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Chapter2 Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands set dot1x
set dot1x
To configure dot1x on a system, use the set dot1x command.
set dot1x system-auth-control {enable | disable}
set dot1x {quiet-period | tx-period | re-authperiod} seconds
set dot1x {supp-timeout | server-timeout} seconds
set dot1x max-req count
set dot1x guest-vlan vlan
set dot1x shutdown-timeout seconds
Syntax Description
Defaults The default settings are as follows:
•system-auth-control is enabled
•quiet-period is 60 seconds
•tx-period is 30 seconds
system-auth-control Specifies authentication for the system.
enable Enables the specified dot1x function.
disable Disables the speci fie d dot1x function.
quiet-period seconds Specifies the idle time between authentication attempts; valid values
are from 0 to 65535 seconds.
tx-period seconds Specifies the tim e fo r th e retransmissi on of EAP-Request/Identity
frame; valid values are from 0 to 65535seconds. See the “Usage
Guidelines” section for additional information.
re-authperiod seconds Specifies the time constant for the retransmis sio n r ea uth ent ic ati on ti me;
valid values are from 1 to 65535seconds.
supp-timeout seconds Specifies the time constant for the retransmission of EAP-Request
packets; valid values are from 0 to 65535 seconds. See the “Usage
Guidelines” section for additional information.
server-timeout
seconds Specifies the ti me co ns tant for the retransmission of packets by the
backend authenticator to the authentication server; valid values are from
1 to 65535 seconds. See the “Usage Guidelines” section for additional
information.
max-req count Specifies the maximum number of times that the state machine
retransmits an EAP-Request frame to the supplicant before it times
out the authentication session; valid values are from 1 to 10.
guest-vlan vlan Specifies an active VLAN as an 802.1X guest VLAN; valid values are
from 1 to 1005 and 1025 to 4094.
shutdown-timeout
seconds Specifies the amount time that a port is shut down after a security
violation; valid values are from 1 to 65535 seconds. See the “Usage
Guidelines” section for additional information.