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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Software Configuration Guide—Release 8.7
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Chapter 41 Configuring MAC Authentication Bypass
Configuring MAC Authentication Bypass
To specify the shutdown timeout period, perform this task in privileged mode:
This example shows how to specify the shutdown timeout period:
Console> (enable)
set mac-auth-bypass shutdown-timeout 40
Shutdown Timeout set to 40 seconds.
Console> (enable)
Specifying the AuthFail Timeout Period
The global
set mac-auth-bypass auth-fail-timeout
seconds
command specifies the time (in seconds)
that ports wait in the authentication failure (AuthFail) state before trying authentication again. The range
is from 5 to 65535 seconds. The default is 60 seconds.
To specify the AuthFail timeout period, perform this task in privileged mode:
This example shows how to specify the AuthFail timeout period:
Console> (enable)
set mac-auth-bypass auth-fail-timeout 60
Authfail Timeout set to 60 seconds.
Console> (enable)
Specifying the Reauthentication Timeout Period
The global
set mac-auth-bypass reauth-timeout
seconds
command specifies the time (in seconds) that
elapse before reauthentication is triggered after global reauthentication is enabled. The range is from
300 to 65535 seconds. The default is 3600 seconds.
To specify the reauthentication timeout period, perform this task in privileged mode:
This example shows how to specify the reauthentication timeout period:
Console> (enable)
set mac-auth-bypass reauth-timeout 400
Reauth Timeout set to 400 seconds.
Console> (enable)
Task
Command
Specify the shutdown timeout period.
set mac-auth-bypass
shutdown-timeout
seconds
Task
Command
Specify the AuthFail timeout period.
set mac-auth-bypass auth-fail-timeout
seconds
Task
Command
Specify the reauthentication timeout period.
set mac-auth-bypass reauth-timeout
seconds