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Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch NX-OS Unicast Routing Command Reference
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Chapter Unicast Routing Commands
authentication (VRRP)
authentication (VRRP)
To configure an authentication for the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), use the
authentication
command. To disable authentication, use the
no
form of this command.
authentication
text
password
no authentication
[
text
password
]
Syntax Description
Command Default
No authentication
Command Modes
VRRP configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines
This command does not require a license.
Examples
This example shows how to configure md5 authentication for VRRP:
switch#
configure terminal
switch(config)#
interface ethernet 2/1
switch(config-if)#
no switchport
switch(config-if)#
vrrp 250
switch(config-if-vrrp)#
authentication text mypwasswd
switch(config-if-vrrp)#
Related Commands
text
password
Specifies to use a simple text password of up to eight alphanumeric
characters.
Release
Modification
5.0(3)A1(1)
This command was introduced.
Command
Description
clear vrrp
Clears all the software counters for the specified virtual router.
show vrrp
Displays VRRP configuration information.
vrrp
Configures a VRRP group.