802.1x Commands, Command Description Access Mode

802.1x Commands

Command	Description	Access Mode

aaa authentication	Specifies one or more authentication, authorization, and	Global
dot1x	accounting (AAA) methods for use on interfaces running	Configuration
	IEEE 802.1X.

dot1x system-auto-	Enables 802.1x globally.	Global
control		Configuration

dot1x port-control	Enables manual control of the authorization state of the	Interface
	port	Configuration

dot1x re-authentication	Enables periodic re-authentication of the client.	Interface
		Configuration

dot1x timeout re-	Sets the number of seconds between re-authentica-	Interface
authperiod	tion attempts.	Configuration

dot1x re-authenticate	Manually initiates a re-authentication of all 802.1X-	Privileged User
	enabled ports or the specified 802.1X-enabled port.	EXEC

dot1x timeout quiet-	Sets the number of seconds that the switch remains	Interface
period	in the quiet state following a failed authentication	Configuration
	exchange.

dot1x timeout tx-period	Sets the number of seconds that the switch waits for	Interface
	a response to an Extensible Authentication Protocol	Configuration
	(EAP) - request/identity frame, from the client,
	before resending the request.

dot1x max-req	Sets the maximum number of times that the switch sends	Interface
	an EAP - request/identity frame to the client, before	Configuration
	restarting the authentication process.

dot1x timeout supp-	Sets the time for the retransmission of an Extensible	Interface
timeout	Authentication Protocol (EAP)-request frame to the	Configuration
	client.

dot1x timeout server-	Sets the time for the retransmission of packets to the	Interface
timeout	authentication server.	Configuration

show dot1x	Allows multiple hosts on an 802.1X-authorized port, that	Interface
	has the dot1x port-control interface configuration com-	Configuration
	mand set to auto.

show dot1x users	Displays 802.1X statistics for the specified interface.	Privileged User
		EXEC

show dot1x statistics	Displays 802.1X statistics for the specified interface.	Privileged User
		EXEC

Command Groups

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Dell 5324 manual 802.1x Commands, Command Description Access Mode

Models: 5324

802.1x Commands

Command

Description

Access Mode

tion attempts.

authentication server.

Displays 802.1X statistics for the specified interface.

5324 specifications