Configure Secure Shell (SSH)

SSH server enables an SSH client to make a secure and encrypted connection to a switch. Currently, switches support SSH version 2.0 only. The user authentication mechanisms supported for SSH are public key authentication and password authentication (RADIUS, TACACS+, or locally stored password). Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) provides file transfer. SSH Server and sftp-client via the copy command are supported for managing the router.

Configuration Commands

The SSH server is enabled by default.

To disable the SSH server:

no ip ssh server enable.

Expected Results

  1. Administrators can create the user account
  2. Administrators can generate working SSH keys
  3. The output of the show commands is correct
  4. Administrators can successfully connect to the switch via an SSH client using SSH 2.0

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