Configure Auto-sense Fabric Attach (FA) Authentication

About this task

Perform this procedure to configure FA authentication for ports that are operating in Auto-sense mode.

Procedure

  1. Enter Global Configuration mode:

    enable

    configure terminal

  2. Configure the FA authentication key:

    auto-sense fa authentication-key WORD<0-32>

  3. Enable FA message authentication:

    auto-sense fa message-authentication

Example

Configuring FA message authentication globally:

Switch:1>enable
Switch:1#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch:1(config)#auto-sense fa message-authentication

Variable Definitions

The following table defines parameters for the auto-sense fa command.

Variable

Value

authentication-key WORD<0-32>

Specifies the authentication key value.

message-authentication

Enables Fabric Attach (FA) message authentication globally, for ports that operate in Auto-sense mode.