Dell Force10 MXL Blade MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module Configuration Guide - Page 643

To configure simple authentication, use the following command: Task Configure a simple text password. Parameters: encryption-type: 0 indicates unencrypted; 7 indicates encrypted password: plain text Command Syntax authentication-type simple [encryption-type] password Command Mode INTERFACE-VRID Figure 38-9. authentication-type Command Example FTOS(conf-if-te-1/1-vrid-111)#authentication-type ? FTOS(conf-if-te-1/1-vrid-111)#authentication-type simple 7 force10 Encryption type (encrypted) Password Figure 38-10. show config Command Example (a Simple Password is Configured) FTOS(conf-if-te-1/1-vrid-111)#show conf ! vrrp-group 111 authentication-type simple 7 387a7f2df5969da4 priority 255 virtual-address 10.10.10.1 virtual-address 10.10.10.2 virtual-address 10.10.10.3 virtual-address 10.10.10.10 FTOS(conf-if-te-1/1-vrid-111)# Encrypted password Disable Preempt The preempt command is enabled by default. The command forces the system to change the MASTER router if another router with a higher priority comes online. To prevent the BACKUP router with the higher priority from becoming the MASTER router, disable the preempt command. Note: You must configure all virtual routers in the VRRP group at the same: all configured with preempt enabled or configured with preempt disabled. Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) | 641