Users Guide

Security Commands 1031
User Guidelines
Use this command in conjunction with the automate-tester command to
enable testing of RADIUS servers. When all RADIUS servers have been
declared dead, 802.1x authenticated clients may be migrated to the critical
data VLAN or critical voice VLAN. Newly authenticating clients will be
authenticated to the critical data or voice VLAN.
Command History
Command introduced in version 6.6.0.1 firmware.
Example
This example globally sets the dead criteria to two attempts with a 10 second
timeout.
console(config)#radius server dead criteria time 10 tries 2
console(config-auth-radius)#radius-server dead-criteria time 10 tries 2
radius server deadtime
Use the radius server deadtime command to configure the minimum amount
of time to wait before attempting to recontact an unresponsive RADIUS
server. To set the deadtime to 0, use the no form of this command.
Syntax
radius server deadtime deadtime
no radius server deadtime
• deadtime — Length of time in minutes, for which a RADIUS server is
skipped over by transaction requests. (Range: 0–2000 minutes). Deadtime
is used to mark an unavailable RADIUS server as dead until this user-
configured time expires. Deadtime is configurable on a RADIUS server
basis.
Default Configuration
The default dead time is 0 minutes.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode