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Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch NX-OS Unicast Routing Command Reference
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Chapter Unicast Routing Commands
ip authentication key-chain eigrp
ip authentication key-chain eigrp
To enable authentication for the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) packets and to
specify the set of keys that can be used on an interface
,
use
the
ip authentication key-chain eigrp
command. To prevent authentication, use the
no
form of this command.
ip authentication key-chain eigrp
instance-tag
name-of-chain
no ip authentication key-chain eigrp
instance-tag
name-of-chain
Syntax Description
Command Default
No authentication is provided for EIGRP packets.
Command Modes
Interface configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines
You must set the authentication mode using the
ip authentication mode eigrp
command in interface
configuration mode. You must separately configure a key chain using the
key-chain
command to
complete the authentication configuration for an interface.
This command requires the LAN Base Services license.
Examples
This example shows how to configure the interface to accept and send any key that belongs to the
key-chain trees:
switch#
configure terminal
switch(config)#
router eigrp 209
switch(config-router)#
interface ethernet 1/2
switch(config-if)#
no switchport
switch(config-if)#
ip authentication key-chain eigrp 209 trees
switch(config-if)#
Related Commands
instance-tag
Name of the EIGRP instance. The
instance-tag
can be any case-sensitive,
alphanumeric string up to 20 characters.
name-of-chain
Group of keys that are valid.
Release
Modification
5.0(3)A1(1)
This command was introduced.
Command
Description
ip authentication mode eigrp
Sets the authentication mode for EIGRP on an interface.
key-chain
Creates a set of keys that can be used by an authentication method.
show ip eigrp interfaces
Displays information about EIGRP interfaces.