Command Reference Guide

302 ● vlink-peer 3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family
Command Reference
vlink-peer
Purpose Use the vlink-peer command to create and configure a virtual link.
Use the undo vlink-peer command to cancel an existing virtual link.
Syntax vlink-peer router-id [ hello seconds] [ retransmit seconds ] [
trans-delay seconds ] [ dead seconds ] [ simple password | md5 keyid key ]
undo vlink-peer router-id
Parameters router-id
Router ID of virtual link neighbor.
hello seconds
Interval that router transmits hello message (in
seconds). Valid values are 1 to 8192. This value must
equal the hello seconds value of the router virtually
linked to the interface.
If no value is specified, the default value is 10 seconds,
retransmit seconds
Specifes the interval for re-transmitting the LSA
packets on an interface. Valid values are 1 to 8192
seconds. By default, the value is 5 seconds.
trans-delay seconds
Specifes the interval for delaying transmitting LSA
packets on an interface. Valid values are 1 to 8192
seconds. By default, the value is 1 second.
dead seconds
Specifies the interval of death timer. Valid values are 1
to 8192 seconds. This value must equal the dead
seconds of the router virtually linked to it and must be
at least 4 times of the hello seconds. By default, the
value is 40 seconds.
simple password
Specifies the simple text authentication key, not
exceeding 8 characters, of the interface. This value
must equal the authentication key of the virtually
linked neighbor.
keyid
Specifies the MD5 authentication key ID. Valid values
are 1 to 255. It must be equal to the authentication
key ID of the virtually linked neighbor.
key
Specifies the authentication key on an interface. It is a
character string not exceeding 16 characters. This
value must equal the authentication key of the virtually
linked neighbor. And the key will be displayed in a
cipher text form in a length of 24 characters when
display current-configuration command is executed.
Inputting the key in a cipher text form with 24
characters long is also supported.