Verifying the configuration

When the system time is within the lifetime from 10:00:00 to 11:00:00 on the day 2015/02/06, verify the status of the keys in keychain abc.

# Display keychain information on Switch A. The output shows that key 1 is the valid key.

[SwitchA] display keychain 

 Keychain name          : abc
   Mode                 : absolute
   Accept tolerance     : 0
   TCP kind value       : 254
   TCP algorithm value
     HMAC-MD5           : 5
     MD5                : 3
   Default send key ID  : None
   Active send key ID   : 1
   Active accept key IDs: 1

   Key ID               : 1
     Key string         : $c$3$dYTC8QeOKJkwFwP2k/rWL+1p6uMTw3MqNg==
     Algorithm          : md5
     Send lifetime      : 10:00:00 2015/02/06 to 11:00:00 2015/02/06
     Send status        : Active
     Accept lifetime    : 10:00:00 2015/02/06 to 11:00:00 2015/02/06
     Accept status      : Active

   Key ID               : 2
     Key string         : $c$3$7TSPbUxoP1ytOqkdcJ3K3x0BnXEWl4mOEw==
     Algorithm          : hmac-md5
     Send lifetime      : 11:00:00 2015/02/06 to 12:00:00 2015/02/06
     Send status        : Inactive
     Accept lifetime    : 11:00:00 2015/02/06 to 12:00:00 2015/02/06
     Accept status      : Inactive

# Display keychain information on Switch B. The output shows that key 1 is the valid key.

[SwitchB]display keychain

 Keychain name          : abc
   Mode                 : absolute
   Accept tolerance     : 0
   TCP kind value       : 254
   TCP algorithm value
     HMAC-MD5           : 5
     MD5                : 3
   Default send key ID  : None
   Active send key ID   : 1
   Active accept key IDs: 1

   Key ID               : 1
     Key string         : $c$3$/G/Shnh6heXWprlSQy/XDmftHa2JZJBSgg==
     Algorithm          : md5
     Send lifetime      : 10:00:00 2015/02/06 to 11:00:00 2015/02/06
     Send status        : Active
     Accept lifetime    : 10:00:00 2015/02/06 to 11:00:00 2015/02/06
     Accept status      : Active

   Key ID               : 2
     Key string         : $c$3$t4qHAw1hpZYN0JKIEpXPcMFMVT81u0hiOw==
     Algorithm          : hmac-md5
     Send lifetime      : 11:00:00 2015/02/06 to 12:00:00 2015/02/06
     Send status        : Inactive
     Accept lifetime    : 11:00:00 2015/02/06 to 12:00:00 2015/02/06
     Accept status      : Inactive

When the system time is within the lifetime from 11:00:00 to 12:00:00 on the day 2015/02/06, verify the status of the keys in keychain abc.

# Display keychain information on Switch A. The output shows that key 2 becomes the valid key.

[SwitchA]display keychain

 Keychain name          : abc
   Mode                 : absolute
   Accept tolerance     : 0
   TCP kind value       : 254
   TCP algorithm value
     HMAC-MD5           : 5
     MD5                : 3
   Default send key ID  : None
   Active send key ID   : 2
   Active accept key IDs: 2

   Key ID               : 1
     Key string         : $c$3$dYTC8QeOKJkwFwP2k/rWL+1p6uMTw3MqNg==
     Algorithm          : md5
     Send lifetime      : 10:00:00 2015/02/06 to 11:00:00 2015/02/06
     Send status        : Inactive
     Accept lifetime    : 10:00:00 2015/02/06 to 11:00:00 2015/02/06
     Accept status      : Inactive

   Key ID               : 2
     Key string         : $c$3$7TSPbUxoP1ytOqkdcJ3K3x0BnXEWl4mOEw==
     Algorithm          : hmac-md5
     Send lifetime      : 11:00:00 2015/02/06 to 12:00:00 2015/02/06
     Send status        : Active
     Accept lifetime    : 11:00:00 2015/02/06 to 12:00:00 2015/02/06
     Accept status      : Active

# Display keychain information on Switch B. The output shows that key 2 becomes the valid key.

[SwitchB]display keychain 

 Keychain name          : abc
   Mode                 : absolute
   Accept tolerance     : 0
   TCP kind value       : 254
   TCP algorithm value
     HMAC-MD5           : 5
     MD5                : 3
   Default send key ID  : None
   Active send key ID   : 1
   Active accept key IDs: 1

   Key ID               : 1
     Key string         : $c$3$/G/Shnh6heXWprlSQy/XDmftHa2JZJBSgg==
     Algorithm          : md5
     Send lifetime      : 10:00:00 2015/02/06 to 11:00:00 2015/02/06
     Send status        : Inactive
     Accept lifetime    : 10:00:00 2015/02/06 to 11:00:00 2015/02/06
     Accept status      : Inactive

   Key ID               : 2
     Key string         : $c$3$t4qHAw1hpZYN0JKIEpXPcMFMVT81u0hiOw==
     Algorithm          : hmac-md5
     Send lifetime      : 11:00:00 2015/02/06 to 12:00:00 2015/02/06
     Send status        : Active
     Accept lifetime    : 11:00:00 2015/02/06 to 12:00:00 2015/02/06
     Accept status      : Active