Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 User Guide Release 10.5.1

If the supplicant fails the authentication process, the authenticator sends another Request Identity frame after 30 seconds by default. The quiet period is a transmit interval time after a failed authentication.

The Request Identity Retransmit interval is for an unresponsive supplicant. You can configure the interval for a maximum of 10 times for an unresponsive supplicant.

1. Configure the amount of time that the authenticator waits to retransmit a Request Identity frame after a failed authentication in INTERFACE mode from 1 to 65535, default 60 seconds.

   dot1x timeout quiet-period seconds

Configure and verify port authentication

OS10(conf-range-eth1/1/7-1/1/8)# dot1x timeout quiet-period 120
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:             AUTO
Port Auth Status:         UNAUTHORIZED
Re-Authentication:        Enable
Tx Period:                120 seconds
Quiet Period:             120 seconds
Supplicant Timeout:       30 seconds
Server Timeout:           30 seconds
Re-Auth Interval:         3600 seconds
Max-EAP-Req:              5
Host Mode:                MULTI_HOST
Auth PAE State:           Initialize
Backend State:            Idle

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 port-control auto
 dot1x re-authentication
 dot1x timeout quiet-period 120
 dot1x timeout tx-period 120
!
interface ethernet1/1/8
 no shutdown
 dot1x max-req 5
 dot1x port-control auto
 dot1x re-authentication
 dot1x timeout quiet-period 120
 dot1x timeout tx-period 120
...