Name

authentication-key

authentication-key key;

Hierarchy level

[edit interfaces interface-name unit logical-unit-number family inet address address vrrp-group group-id]
[edit logical-systems logical-system-name interfaces interface-name unit logical-unit-number family inet address address vrrp-group group-id]

Description

Configure a VRRP IPv4 authentication key. You also must specify a VRRP authentication scheme by including the authentication-type statement. All routers in the VRRP group must use the same authentication scheme and password.

Option

key

Authentication password. For simple authentication, it can be one through eight characters long. For MD5 authentication, it can be 1 through 16 characters long. If you include spaces, enclose all characters in quotation marks (“ ”).

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