Supermicro SuperBlade SBM-GEM-X2C+, User Manual

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Superblade Network Modules User’s Manual
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Timers
Clicking the T
IMERS
tab brings up the 802.1
X
T
IMER
C
ONFIGURATION
page ( Figure 7-90 ),
which configures Timer parameters at the individual port level. The parameters for this
page are shown in
Table 7-13 .
Figure 7-90. 802.1x Timer Configuration Page
Table 7-65. 802.1x Timer Configuration Page Parameters
Parameter Description
Port
This parameter is the index of the port for which fields such as Q
UIET
P
ERIOD
, T
RANSMIT
P
ERIOD
, and such are configured.
Quiet Period (Seconds)
This parameter specifies the duration for which the authenticator will be
silent and will not attempt to acquire a supplicant. It can be configured to
any value in the range from
1 to 65535 seconds.
Transmit Period (Seconds)
This parameter specifies the time period used by the Authenticator State
machine to define when the EAPOL PDU is to be transmitted. It can be
configured to any value in the range from
1 to 65535 seconds.
Re-authentication Period
(Seconds) This parameter specifies the time between periodic re-authentication of the
supplicant.