H3C S7500 Series Ethernet Switches Command Manual

Command Manual – Routing Protocol
H3C S7500 Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 2 RIP Configuration Commands
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RIP must be enabled before you can enter the RIP view and configure various RIP
global parameters. You can, however, configure the interface-based parameters
regardless of whether RIP is enabled.
 Note:
Note that the interface parameters configured previously would be invalid when RIP is
disabled.
Examples
# Enable RIP and enter RIP view.
<H3C> system-view
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.
[H3C] rip
[H3C-rip]
2.1.14 rip authentication-mode
Syntax
rip authentication-mode { simple password | md5 { rfc2453 key-string | rfc2082
key-string key-id } }
undo rip authentication-mode
View
Interface view
Parameters
simple: Specifies to use simple text authentication mode.
password: Simple text authentication key, containing 1 to 16 characters.
md5: Specifies to use MD5 cipher text authentication mode.
rfc2453: Specifies that MD5 cipher text authentication packets will use the packet
format (IETF standard) stipulated by RFC2453.
rfc2082: Specifies that MD5 cipher text authentication packets will use the packet
format stipulated by RFC2082.
key-string: MD5 cipher text authentication key. If input in simple text, the character
string of MD5 key cannot exceed 16 characters. And it will be displayed in a cipher text
form in a length of 24 characters when you use the display current-configuration