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• Supplicant Timeout. Specify the supplicant time-out for the selected port. The
supplicant time-out is the value, in seconds, after which the supplicant times out. The
valid range is 1–65535 seconds, and the default is 30 seconds.
• Server Timeout. Specify the time that elapses before the switch resends a request to
the authentication server. The valid range is 1–65535 seconds, and the default is 30
seconds.
9. Click the Apply button.
The updated configuration is sent to the switch. Configuration changes take effect
immediately.
The following table describes the nonconfigurable port authentication status information
available on the page.
Table 55. Port authentication status information
Field Description
Control Direction The control direction for the specified port, which is always Both. The control
direction dictates the degree to which protocol exchanges take place between
supplicant and authenticator.The unauthorized controlled port exerts control over
communication in both directions (disabling both incoming and outgoing frames).
Protocol Version The protocol version associated with the selected port. The only possible value
is 1, corresponding to the first version of the 802.1X specification.
PAE Capabilities The port access entity (PAE) functionality of the selected port. Possible values
are Authenticator or Supplicant.
Authenticator PAE State The current state of the authenticator PAE state machine. Possible values are as
follows:
• Initialize
• Disconnected
• Connecting
• Authenticating
• Authenticated
• Aborting
• Held
• ForceAuthorized
• ForceUnauthorized
Backend State The current state of the backend authentication state machine. Possible values
are as follows:
• Request
• Response
• Success
• Fail
• Timeout
• Initialize
• Idle