Dldp Authentication-Mode - 3Com S7906E Command Reference Manual

Table 1-2 display dldp statistics command output description
Interface
Packets sent
Packets received
Invalid packets received
Loop packets received
Authentication failed packets received
Valid packets received

dldp authentication-mode

Syntax
dldp authentication-mode { md5 md5-password | none | simple simple-password }
undo dldp authentication-mode
View
System view
Default Level
2: System level
Parameters
md5 md5-password: Specifies to perform MD5 authentication and sets the password. The
md5-password argument is the password, a string of 1 to 16 characters or a 24-bit string. The former
indicates a plain text password and the latter indicates a cipher text password. Note that this argument
is case-sensitive.
None: Specifies not to perform authentication.
simple simple-password: Specifies to perform plain text authentication and sets the password. The
simple-password argument is the password, a case-sensitive string of 1 to 16 characters.
Description
Use the dldp authentication-mode command to configure DLDP authentication.
Use the undo dldp authentication-mode command to restore the default.
By default, DLDP authentication is not performed.
To enable DLDP to operate properly, make sure the DLDP authentication modes and the passwords of
the both sides of a link are the same.
Examples
# Configure to perform plain text authentication, setting the password as abc (assuming that Device A
and Device B are connected by the DLDP link).
Field Description
Port index
Total number of DLDP packets sent
Total number of DLDP packets received
Number of the invalid packets received
Number of the loopback packets received
Number of the received packets that failed to pass
the authentication
Number of the valid packets received
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