User Guide

Configuring 802.1x Security 129
Chapter 11
The following fields need to be modified for machine and user 802.1x
authentication
The machine credentials can be cached and reused between re-auths so the
Switch does not have to authenticate every time it reloads. The variable that
controls this is the Machine Authentication Cache Timeout.
To set the value of the Machine Authentication Cache Timeout :
1. Click
Show on the right of the Advanced Configuration section.
2 Set the value of the Machine Authentication Cache Timeout to the
desired value. The default value is 24 hours.
NOTE—The Advanced Configuration settings should not be modified unless
there is a need to customize at a more detailed level.
The Authentication server to which the switch will send authentication
requests needs to be configured in addition to the 802.1x settings. To
configure the authentication servers: