Configure Auto-sense Fabric Attach (FA) Authentication

Note

This procedure does not apply to VSP 8600 Series and XA1400 Series.

About this task

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

Procedure

Enter Global Configuration mode:

enable

configure terminal
Configure the FA authentication key:

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