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Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch NX-OS Unicast Routing Command Reference
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Chapter Unicast Routing Commands
ip rip authentication key-chain
ip rip authentication key-chain
To enable authentication for the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) Version 2 packets and to specify
the set of keys that can be used on an interface
,
use
the
ip rip authentication key-chain
command. To
prevent authentication, use the
no
form of this command.
ip rip authentication key-chain
name-of-chain
no ip rip authentication key-chain
[
name-of-chain
]
Syntax Description
Command Default
No authentication is provided for RIP packets.
Command Modes
Interface configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines
This command does not require a license but if you want to enable Layer 3 interfaces, you must install
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)#
interface ethernet 1/2
switch(config-if)#
no switchport
switch(config-if)#
ip rip authentication key-chain trees
switch(config-if)#
Related Commands
name-of-chain
Group of valid keys.
Release
Modification
5.0(3)A1(1)
This command was introduced.
Command Description
copy running-config
startup-config
Saves the configuration to the startup configuration file.
key-chain
Creates a set of keys that can be used by an authentication method.
show ip rip
Displays a summary of RIP information for all RIP instances.