Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Command Reference Guide

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Chapter 2 Cisco IOS Commands for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switches
dot1x timeout
dot1x timeout
To set the reauthentication timer, use the dot1x timeout command. To return to the default setting, use
the no form of this command.
dot1x timeout {reauth-period {seconds | server} | quiet-period seconds | tx-period seconds |
supp-timeout seconds | server-timeout seconds}
no dot1x timeout {reauth-period | quiet-period | tx-period | supp-timeout | server-timeout}
Syntax Description
Defaults The default settings are as follows:
• Reauthentication period is 3600 seconds.
• Quiet period is 60 seconds.
• Transmission period is 30 seconds.
• Supplicant timeout is 30 seconds.
• Server timeout is 30 seconds.
Command Modes Interface configuration mode
Command History
reauth-period seconds Number of seconds between reauthentication attempts; valid values are
from 1 to 65535. See the “Usage Guidelines” section for more
information.
reauth-period server Number of seconds between reauthentication attempts; valid values are
from 1 to 65535 as derived from the Session-Timeout RADIUS attribute.
See the “Usage Guidelines” section for more information.
quiet-period seconds Number of seconds that the switch remains in the quiet state following
a failed authentication exchange with the client; valid values are from 0
to 65535 seconds.
tx-period seconds Number of seconds that the switch waits for a response to an
EAP-request/identity frame from the client before retransmitting the
request; valid values are from 1 to 65535 seconds.
supp-timeout seconds Number of seconds that the switch waits for the retransmission of
EAP-Request packets; valid values are from 30 to 65535 seconds.
server-timeout seconds Number of seconds that the switch waits for the retransmission of
packets by the back-end authenticator to the authentication server; valid
values are from 30 to 65535 seconds.
Release Modification
12.1(12)EW Support for this command was introduced on the Catalyst 4500 series switch.
12.2(25)EWA Support for selecting the reauthentication timer from the “server” was added.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Specifications

General

Series	Catalyst 4500 Series
Category	Switch
Layer Support	Layer 2, Layer 3
Form Factor	Modular chassis
Stackable	No
Chassis Slots	3, 6, 7, 10
Power Supply Options	AC, DC
Redundancy	Power supply, Supervisor engine
Network Management	Cisco IOS Software CLI, SNMP, Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Features	Security, QoS
Port Density	Up to 384 ports per chassis
Security Features	802.1X, ACLs, DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection, IP Source Guard
Supervisor Engine	8-E