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INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL
CNXE2GE2TX8MSPOE
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6.8.6
Label
Description
Timeout
The timeout, which can be set to a number between 3 and 3600 seconds, is the
maximum time to wait for a reply from a server. If the server does not reply within
this time frame, we will consider it to be dead and continue with the next enabled
server (if any).
servers are using the UDP protocol, which is unreliable by design. In
order to cope with lost frames, the timeout interval is divided into 3 subintervals
of equal length. If a reply is not received within the subinterval, the request is
transmitted again. This algorithm causes the RADIUS server to be queried up to 3
times before it is considered to be dead.
Dead Time
The dead time, which can be set to a number between 0 and 3600 seconds, is
the period during which the switch will not send new requests to a server that has
failed to respond to a previous request. This will stop the switch from continually
trying to contact a server that it has already determined as dead.
Setting the dead time to a value greater than 0 (zero) will enable this feature, but
only if more than one server has been configured.
Key
The shared secret between the switch and the server.
Hostname
Specifies the host name of the server. The maximum supported length
for the AAA RADIUS hostname is 40 characters.
Timeout
The time to wait for the server to respond.
Key
The shared secret between the switch and the server.
