5000 Series Layer 2/3 Managed Data Center Switch CLI Reference Guide
1072
interface-name
auto-detected.
string
Case-sensitive password from 1 to 25 characters in length.
Default
The default is MD5 Authentication Disabled.
Command Mode
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BGP Rouier Config
•
Peer Template Config
11-71 neighbor password (IPv4 VRF Address Family Config)
Use this command to enable MD5 authentication of TCP segments sent to and received from a neighbor,
and configures an authentication key.
MD5 must either be enabled or disabled on both peers. The same password must be configured on both
peers. After a TCP connection is established, if the password on one end is changed, then the password
on the other end must be changed to match before the hold time expires. With default hold times, both
passwords must be changed within 120 seconds to guarantee the connection is dropped.
Use the
no
command to disable MD5 authentication of TCP segments sent to and received from a
neighbor.
neighbor {ip -address | autodetect interface Interface-name} password string
no neighbor {ip -address | autodetect interface Interface-name} password
Parameters
ip-address
The neighbor’s IPv4 address.
autodetect interface
interface-name
The routing interface on which the neighbors link local IPv6 address is
auto-detected.
string
Case-sensitive password from 1 to 25 characters in length.
Default
The default is MD5 Authentication Disabled.
Command Mode
IPv4 VRF Address Family Config
11-72 neighbor prefix-list
This command filters advertisements sent to a specific neighbor based on the destination prefix of each
route.
