Administrator Guide

Layer 3 Routing Commands 1899
User Guidelines
The VRRP IP address is not pingable from within the switch.
vrrp authentication
Use the vrrp authentication command in Interface Configuration mode to
set the authentication details value for the virtual router configured on a
specified interface. Use the no form of the command to return the
authentication type to the default value.
Syntax
vrrp group authentication {none | simple key }
no vrrp group authentication
• group —The virtual router identifier. (Range: 1-255)
•
none —Indicates authentication type is none.
•
simple —Authentication type is a simple text password.
•
key —The key for simple authentication. (Range: String values)
Default Configuration
None is the default configuration.
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (VLAN) mode.
User Guidelines
This command has no user guidelines.
Example
The following example sets the authorization details value for VRRP router
group 5 on VLAN 15.
console(config)#interface vlan 15
console(config-if-vlan15)#vrrp 2 authentication simple test123
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