Configuration Menu  110  
 
 
[802.1x Configuration Menu] 
     global   - Global 802.1x configuration menu 
     port     - Port 802.1x configuration menu 
     ena      - Enable 802.1x access control 
     dis      - Disable 802.1x access control 
     cur      - Show 802.1x configuration 
 
This feature allows you to configure the GbE2c as an IEEE 802.1x Authenticator, to provide port-based network 
access control. The following table describes the 802.1x Configuration Menu options.  
Table 103  802.1x Configuration Menu options 
Command Description 
global  Displays the global 802.1x Configuration Menu. 
port <port number> 
Displays the 802.1x Port Menu.  
ena  Globally enables 802.1x. 
dis  Globally disables 802.1x.  
cur  Displays current 802.1x parameters. 
 
802.1x Global configuration  
Command: /cfg/l2/8021x/global 
[802.1x Global Configuration Menu] 
     mode     - Set access control mode 
     qtperiod - Set EAP-Request/Identity quiet time interval 
     txperiod - Set EAP-Request/Identity retransmission timeout 
     suptmout - Set EAP-Request retransmission timeout 
     svrtmout - Set server authentication request timeout 
     maxreq   - Set max number of EAP-Request retransmissions 
     raperiod - Set reauthentication time interval 
     reauth   - Set reauthentication status to on or off 
     default  - Restore default 802.1x configuration 
     cur      - Display current 802.1x configuration 
 
The global 802.1x menu allows you to configure parameters that affect all ports in the switch. The following table 
describes the 802.1x Global Configuration Menu options.  
Table 104  802.1x Global Configuration Menu options 
Command Description 
mode force-
unauth|auto|force-auth 
Sets the type of access control for all ports:  
•  force-unauth - the port is unauthorized unconditionally.  
•  auto - the port is unauthorized until it is successfully authorized by the 
RADIUS server.  
•  force-auth - the port is authorized unconditionally, allowing all traffic. 
The default value is 
force-auth.   
qtperiod <0-65535> 
Sets the time, in seconds, the authenticator waits before transmitting an EAP-
Request/ Identity frame to the supplicant (client) after an authentication failure 
in the previous round of authentication. The default value is 60 seconds.  
txperiod <1-65535> 
Sets the time, in seconds, the authenticator waits for an EAP-Response/Identity 
frame from the supplicant (client) before retransmitting an EAP-Request/Identity 
frame. The default value is 30 seconds. 
 
suptmout <1-65535> 
Sets the time, in seconds, the authenticator waits for an EAP-Response packet 
from the supplicant (client) before retransmitting the EAP-Request packet to the 
authentication server. The default value is 30 seconds.  
 
svrtmout <1-65535> 
Sets the time, in seconds, the authenticator waits for a response from the Radius 
server before declaring an authentication timeout. The default value is 30 
seconds.  
The time interval between transmissions of the RADIUS Access-Request packet 
containing the supplicant’s (client’s) EAP-Response packet is determined by the 
current setting of 
/cfg/sys/radius/timeout (default is 3 seconds).