Command Manual - Routing Protocol
Quidway S6500 Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 4 Integrated IS-IS Configuration Commands
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Chapter 4 Integrated IS-IS Configuration
Commands
 Note:
When an Ethernet switch runs a routing protocol, it can perform the router functions.
Router that is referred to in the following and its icon represent a generalized router or
an Ethernet switch running routing protocols. To improve readability, this will not be
described in the other parts of the manual.
4.1 Integrated IS-IS Configuration Commands
4.1.1 area-authentication-mode
Syntax
area-authentication-mode { simple | md5 } password [ ip | osi ]
undo area-authentication-mode { simple | md5 } [ ip | osi ]
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Parameter
simple: Configure to transmit the password in simple text.
md5: Configure to transmit the password encrypted with MD5 algorithm.
password: If the authentication is in the simple mode, the password must be in plain
text. If the authentication is in the md5 mode, the password can be either in cipher text
or in plain text, and it will be displayed in a cipher text form in a length of 24 characters
when display current-configuration command is executed. A plain text password is a
sequential character string of no more than 16 characters, for example, h3c. The length
of an cipher text must be 24 characters, for example, _(TT8F]Y\5SQ=^Q`MAF4<1!!.
ip: Specify the IP authentication password.
osi: Specify the OSI authentication password.
The configuration of ip or osi authentication password is independent of the real
network environment.