Configuring authentication key activation wait time on an OSPFv2 interface

The key activation wait time configures the time before an authentication key change is activated for an OSPFv2 interface. This allows you to coordinate a key change across devices to ensure there is no disruption to service.

To configure the authentication key activation wait time on an OSPFv2 interface, complete the following steps.

  1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode. 
    device# configure terminal
  2. Enter the interface command and specify an interface. 
    device(config)# interface ve 1
  3. Enter the ip ospf authentication key-activation-wait-time command with the required wait time value. The wait time can be set from 0 through 14400 seconds. The following example configures a wait time of 600 seconds. 
    device(config-vif-1)# ip ospf authentication key-activation-wait-time 600

The following example enables an authentication key activation wait time of 600 seconds on the specified interface. 

device# configure terminal
device(config)# interface ve 1
device(config-vif-1)# ip ospf authentication key-activation-wait-time 600
Parent topic: OSPFv2 authentication configuration