Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 User Guide Release 10.5.1

Configures the time period for reauthentication. After the supplicant is authenticated and the port is authorized, configure the authenticator to reauthenticate the supplicant. If you enable reauthentication, the supplicant reauthenticates every 3600 seconds.

• Reauthenticate the supplicant in INTERFACE mode, from 1 to 65535, default 3600.

  dot1x timeout re-authperiod seconds

Configure and verify reauthentication time period

OS10(config)# interface range ethernet 1/1/7-1/1/8
OS10(conf-range-eth1/1/7-1/1/8)# dot1x re-authentication
OS10(conf-range-eth1/1/7-1/1/8)# dot1x timeout re-authperiod 3600
OS10(conf-range-eth1/1/7-1/1/8)# 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:       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:            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 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 tx-period 120
...