standby 1 authentication md5 key -string 0/7 command

[sarahr202]

Hi every body!

I did not understand when we can use "7" in the following command and what it means.

standby 1 authentication md5 key-string 0/7

thanks alot!

[Jerry Ye · Accepted solution]

0 - Unencrypted key. If no prefix is specified, the text also is unencrypted.

7 - Encrypted key.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/ipapp/command/reference/iap_s2.html#wp1072688

HTH,

jerry