Configures Fabric Attach authentication.
| ports | Specify configuring ports. |
| port_list | Specifies list of ports to configure. |
| all | Configures all ports in the system. |
| authentication | Configures Fabric Attach authentication. |
| disable | Disable authentication setting (default). |
| enable | Enable authentication setting. |
| key | Configures Fabric Attach authentication key. |
| key | Specifies the authentication key. |
| default | Configures Fabric Attach authentication key to the default key. (Default when no ‘key‘ is specified.) |
| encrypted | Configures Fabric Attach authentication key with encrypted key. |
| encrypted_key | Specifies the encrypted authentication key. |
By default, all ports are configured to authentication disabled state.
If no key is specified, the default key is used.
When enabled, the default key is used until configured otherwise. If the authentication fails, the Fabric Attach information is dropped whether or not authentication is enabled on the receiving port.
When Fabric Attach authentication is configured on ports that are part of an This command is available on the ExtremeSwitching X440-G2, X450-G2, X460-G2, X465, X590, X620, X690, and X695 series switches., all ports on that MLAG must have the same Fabric Attach authentication configuration.
To view Fabric Attach authentication configuration, use the show fabric attach ports [port_list | all] authentication {detail} command. To view Fabric Attach authentication status, use the show lldp {port [all | port_list]} neighbors {detailed} command.
# configure fabric attach ports all authentication disable
# configure fabric attach ports 1 authentication key default
# configure fabric attach port 1 authentication key Key: 12345 Reenter Key: 12345
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 30.2.
This command is available on ExtremeSwitching X435, X440-G2, X450-G2, X460-G2, X465, X590, X620, X690, and X695 series switches.