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197 | 802.1XAuthentication DellPowerConnectW-SeriesArubaOS6.2 | User Guide
Parameter Description
Advanced 802.1x Authentication Settings
Machine Authentication
Cache Timeout
The timeout, in hours, for machine authentication. The allowed range of values is 1-1000
hours, and the default value is 24 hours.
Blacklist on Machine
Authentication Failure
Select the Blacklist on Machine Authentication Failure checkbox to blacklist a client if
machine authentication fails. This setting is disabled by default
Interval between Identity
Requests
Interval, in seconds, between identity request retries. The allowed range of values is 1-65535
seconds, and the default value is 30 seconds.
Quiet Period after Failed
Authentication
The enforced quiet period interval, in seconds, following failed authentication. The allowed
range of values is 1-65535 seconds, and the default value is 30 seconds.
Reauthentication Interval Interval, in seconds, between reauthentication attempts. The allowed range of values for this
parameter is 60-864000 seconds, and the default value is 86400 seconds (1 day).
Use Server provided
Reauthentication Interval
Select this option to override any user-defined reauthentication interval and use the
reauthentication period defined by the authentication server.
Multicast Key Rotation
Time Interval
Interval, in seconds, between multicast key rotation. The allowed range of values for this
parameter is 60-864000 seconds, and the default value is 1800 seconds.
Unicast Key Rotation Time
Interval
Interval, in seconds, between unicast key rotation. The allowed range of values for this
parameter is 60-864000 seconds, and the default value is 900 seconds.
Authentication Server Retry
Interval
Server group retry interval, in seconds. The allowed range of values for this parameter is 5-
65535 seconds, and the default value is 30 seconds.
Authentication Server Retry
Count
Maximum number of authentication requests that are sent to server group.
The allowed range of values for this parameter is 0-3 requests, and the default value is 2
requests.
Framed MTU Sets the framed Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) attribute sent to the authentication server.
The allowed range of values for this parameter is 500-1500 bytes, and the default value is 1100
bytes.
Number of times ID-
Requests are retried
Maximum number of times ID requests are sent to the client. The allowed range of values for
this parameter is 1-10 retries, and the default value is 3 retries.
Maximum Number of
Reauthentication Attempts
Number of times a user can try to login with wrong credentials after which the user is
blacklisted as a security threat. Set to 0 to disable blacklisting, otherwise enter a value from 0-
5 to blacklist the user after the specified number of failures.
NOTE: If changed from its default value, this may require a license This option may require a
license.
Maximum number of times
Held State can be bypassed
Number of consecutive authentication failures which, when reached, causes the controller to
not respond to authentication requests from a client while the controller is in a held state after
the authentication failure. Before this number is reached, the controller responds to
authentication requests from the client even while the controller is in its held state.
(This parameter is applicable when 802.1X authentication is terminated on the controller, also
known as AAA FastConnect.) The allowed range of values for this parameter is 0-3 failures,
and the default value is 0.
Dynamic WEP Key
Message Retry Count
Set the Number of times WPA/WPA2 Key Messages are retried. The allowed range of values
is 1-5 retries, and the default value is 3 retries.