Configure Aps Authenticate - Extreme Networks ExtremeWare Command Reference Manual

configure aps authenticate

configure aps <group#> authenticate [off | on <string>]
Description
Configures authentication of APS control messages.
Syntax Description
group#
off
on
string
Default
The default setting is
Usage Guidelines
You specify the
APS group that the authentication command applies to. You also specify whether authentication is to be
turned off or turned on. If authentication is being enabled, a text authentication string must also be
specified. This string can contain up to eight alphanumeric characters. If the working line and the
protection line for an APS group reside in different BlackDiamond switches, then the same string must
be configured at both BlackDiamond switches for authentication to work properly. The authentication
string is used to validate APS control frames received over an Ethernet link. If authentication fails, the
associated APS control frame is discarded.
Example
The following command example enables APS authentication for group 1001, with
authentication string:
config aps 1001 authenticate on seer5dog
History
This command was first available in ExtremeWare 6.1.5b20.
Platform Availability
This command is available on the BlackDiamond switch only.
ExtremeWare Software 7.3.0 Command Reference Guide
Specifies the APS group# to which the command applies.
Specifies that authentication is turned off.
Specifies authentication is turned on.
Specifies the authentication string used to validate the APS control frames
received over an Ethernet link.
.
off
parameter, which is an integer in the range [1-65535]. The
group#
configure aps authenticate
identifies the
group#
as the
seer5dog
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