Configure BGP MD5 Password: Switch Configuration

The following provides a sample XCO MD5 password configuration and the corresponding switch configuration on one of the fabric devices after the fabric is configured.

Run the efa fabric setting update command.

efa fabric setting update --name fabric1 --md5-password-enable yes
Please supply a password for BGP MD5 authentication on fabric links:
efa fabric configure --name fabric1

Complete the following configuration on SLX device:

router bgp local-as 65000 capability as4-enable fast-external-fallover neighbor spine-group peer-group neighbor spine-group remote-as 64512 neighbor spine-group description To Spine neighbor spine-group password $9$GiXG/W7938rCj4lzgf14NQ== neighbor 10.10.10.2 peer-group spine-group neighbor 10.20.20.2 remote-as 65000 neighbor 10.20.20.2 next-hop-self neighbor 10.20.20.2 password $9$GiXG/W7938rCj4lzgf14NQ== address-family ipv4 unicast network 172.31.254.2/32 maximum-paths 8 graceful-restart ! address-family ipv6 unicast ! address-family l2vpn evpn graceful-restart neighbor spine-group encapsulation vxlan neighbor spine-group next-hop-unchanged neighbor spine-group enable-peer-as-check neighbor spine-group activate ! !

router bgp
  local-as 65000
  capability as4-enable
  fast-external-fallover
  neighbor spine-group peer-group
  neighbor spine-group remote-as 64512
  neighbor spine-group description To Spine
  neighbor spine-group password $9$GiXG/W7938rCj4lzgf14NQ==
  neighbor 10.10.10.2 peer-group spine-group
  neighbor 10.20.20.2 remote-as 65000
  neighbor 10.20.20.2 next-hop-self
  neighbor 10.20.20.2 password $9$GiXG/W7938rCj4lzgf14NQ==
  address-family ipv4 unicast
  network 172.31.254.2/32
  maximum-paths 8
  graceful-restart
 !
 address-family ipv6 unicast
 !
 address-family l2vpn evpn
  graceful-restart
  neighbor spine-group encapsulation vxlan
  neighbor spine-group next-hop-unchanged
  neighbor spine-group enable-peer-as-check
  neighbor spine-group activate
 !
!